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Greece Mourns Suicide of Pensioner Hit by Austerity Cuts
A Greek pensioner who shot himself to death on Athens' main square this week said he took his life because the government's financial austerity measures left him virtually penniless.
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A note and a wooden cross pinned on the trunk of a tree under which an elderly man fatally shot himself at Athens' main Syntagma square, Athens, Greece, April 5, 2012.(AP)
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People gather at the site where an elderly man fatally shot himself at Athens' Syntagma square. (AP)
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People gather at the site where an elderly man fatally shot himself at Athens' Syntagma square. (AP)
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Riot police chase protesters in front of a hotel during a protest in Athens after a Greek retiree shot himself, April 4, 2012. (AP)