高樓低廈,人潮起伏,
名爭利逐,千萬家悲歡離合。

閑雲偶過,新月初現,
燈耀海城,天地間留我孤獨。

舊史再提,故書重讀,
冷眼閑眺,關山未變寂寞!

念人老江湖,心碎家國,
百年瞬息,得失滄海一粟!

徐訏《新年偶感》

2012年2月13日星期一

Greece austerity protests – in pictures


Thousands clashed with riot police in Athens on Sunday as the Greek parliament approved deeply unpopular budget cuts to secure a new eurozone bailout

Trouble breaks out in Syntagma (Constitution) Square in Athens on Sunday
A man gestures at police during clashes outside the Greek parliament

A petrol bomb explodes in Syntagma Square
Protesters confront riot police outside the Greek parliament
A riot police officer tries to extinguish flames from a petrol bomb thrown by protesters outside the Greek parliament
A protester uses a gas mask during clashes with riot police
Petrol bombs explode in front of police
Police arrest a protester

A protester runs away from police in central Athens
Riot police stand guard near the Greek parliament
A fog of teargas in front of the Greek parliament
Protesters run past a burning building in Athens
Demonstrators throw fire bombs at riot police in central Athens
A Starbucks coffee shop burns, right, as firefighters try to cut open a locked truck to get out the fire hose after protesters took the keys
Protesters clash with riot police
Firefighters work on extinguishing a fire spreading through a shop