Man dies in Greek strike protests

Hundreds of youths have pelted riot police with petrol bombs, bottles and chunks of marble as yet another Greek anti-austerity demonstration descended into violence. A 65-year-old protester suffered a fatal heart attack during the demonstration, the Health Ministry said. The man was taken to hospital but efforts to revive him failed. It was not immediately clear whether the protester had been caught up in the rioting when he fell ill. Authorities said around 70,000 protesters took to the street during the country's second general strike in a month as workers across the country walked off the job to protest at new austerity measures the government is negotiating with Greece's international creditors. The measures for 2013-14, worth 13.5 billion euro, aim to prevent the country from going bankrupt and potentially having to leave the 17-nation eurozone. Riot police responded with volleys of tear gas and stun grenades in the capital's Syntagma Square outside Parliament as protesters scattered during the clashes, which continued on and off for about an hour. Another general strike in late September had also seen limited, but much more intense, clashes between protesters and...