by Magda Panoutsopoulou
ATHENS
There were riots in Athens on Wednesday night, as the parliament debated bills to put the new Greek bailout proposals into law.
Greek police clashed with protesters in central Athens. Riot police fired tear gas to disperse crowds gathered in Syntagma Square, across the road from the Greek parliament.
Greek police estimated about 13,000 protestors were gathered in central Athens, spokesman Takis Papapetropoulos said.
Groups of anarchists threw Molotov cocktails and stones at police, who broke up the demonstration at about 10 p.m. local time (2000GMT).
Earlier in the day, leftist groups and unions held protest rallies outside the Greek parliament.
The Greek parliament will vote at around midnight local time (1000GMT) on whether to accept the bailout plan made by Greece's European creditors.
