Growing Greek civil unrest
As Greece prepares for another meeting with the troika, protests continue to rage throughout the country
A Greek flag with a "for sale" sign is placed outside of the Interior Ministry during a blockade by employees in Athens on Sept. 29, 2011. Protesters blocked the entrance of the Greek finance ministry and other ministries on Thursday before the start of talks with the European Union and IMF on the delivery of an aid tranche Athens needs to avoid running out of cash.JOHN KOLESIDIS/Reuters
A protester sits in front the entrance of the Finance Ministry during a blockade by employees in Athens on Sept. 29, 2011.PANAGIOTIS TZAMAROS/Reuters
A protester places a banner in front of the closed entrance of the Finance Ministry during a blockade by employees in Athens on Sept. 29, 2011. Greek civil servants blocked the doors of government ministries on Thursday in protest against austerity ahead of the start of talks with the EU and IMF on the delivery of an aid tranche Athens needs to avoid running out of cash next month. The fence reads: "I won't pay" and the banner reads: "Occupation".JOHN KOLESIDIS/Reuters
A civil servant walks in front of the entrance of an Interior Ministry building with a sign reading, "For Sale," top right, in central Athens, on Sept. 29, 2011. Protesting civil servants occupied several ministry buildings, including the Finance Ministry, ahead of a visit later Thursday by international debt inspectors to decide on whether to release the next vital installment for rescue loans to debt-shackled Greece.Petros Giannakouris/AP
Immigrants pass in front of a Greek flag emblazoned with "for sale" signs outside the Interior Ministry building in central Athens on Sept. 29, 2011. Protesting civil servants occupied several ministry buildings, including the Finance Ministry, ahead of a visit later Thursday by international debt inspectors to decide on whether to release the next vital installment for rescue loans to debt-shackled Greece.Petros Giannakouris/AP
A woman walks inside the court of the Interior Ministry during a blockade by employees in Athens on Sept. 29, 2011.JOHN KOLESIDIS/Reuters/Reuters
Interior Ministry employees sit on the stairs in front of the ministry blocking its entrance in Athens on Sept. 29, 2011. Protesters blocked the entrance of the Greek finance ministry and other ministries on Thursday before the start of talks with the European Union and IMF on the delivery of an aid tranche Athens needs to avoid running out of cash. The banner reads: "Occupation."JOHN KOLESIDIS/Reuters
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou arrives at a cabinet meeting in the Greek parliament in Athens on Sept. 29, 2011. International auditors return to Athens on Thursday to deliver a verdict on whether Greece's tougher austerity measures qualify for aid to avert a default that would plunge the country into bankruptcy.JOHN KOLESIDIS/Reuters
Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos arrives at a cabinet meeting in the Greek parliament in Athens on Sept. 29, 2011. International auditors return to Athens on Thursday to deliver a verdict on whether Greece's tougher austerity measures qualify for aid to avert a default that would plunge the country into bankruptcy.JOHN KOLESIDIS/Reuters
General view of the Bundestag lower house of parliament during its session on euro-zone rescue in Berlin, September 29, 2011. German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces a battle for her political survival on Thursday when some of her coalition, worried about throwing good money after bad by bailing out Greece, could humiliate her in a parliament vote on euro-zone rescue schemes.TOBIAS SCHWARZ/Reuters
Bundestag members vote at the session of the Bundestag lower house of parliament in Berlin, September 29, 2011. Merkel faces a battle for her political survival on Thursday when some of her coalition, worried about throwing good money after bad by bailing out Greece, could humiliate her in a parliament vote on euro-zone rescue schemes.TOBIAS SCHWARZ/Reuters
German Chancellor Angela Merkel prepares to vote at the session of the Bundestag lower house of parliament in Berlin, September 29, 2011. Merkel faces a battle for her political survival on Thursday when some of her coalition, worried about throwing good money after bad by bailing out Greece, could humiliate her in a parliament vote on euro-zone rescue schemes.THOMAS PETER/Reuters