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Man dies after fighting erupts at mass rally in Athens

there was a men that died in greek and they didnt know how he died they thought he died of either a heart attack or he was injured bad.The country is in the grip of a 48-hour general strike in protest at swingeing cuts in public spending.The dead man was identified by many media as a middle-aged trade unionist.Stones and petrol bombs were hurled and fire extinguishers set off as masked youths battled communist-backed trade unionists near luxury hotels on the square.A number of other people were hurt in the fighting, during which some had their clothes set on fire by petrol bombs.On Wednesday, at least 40 people had been injured in running battles in central Athens. With Greece unable to borrow long term on international bond markets to finance its debt, the EU and IMF have stepped in with two bailout packages. 

How Gadhafi's death will affect Libya's civil war

The death of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, who was killed Thursday in his hometown of Sirte, Libya, is "an important step" for Libya, but don't expect the fighting to end right away, said CNN senior international correspondent Ben Wedeman. Wedeman, the first Western television reporter to enter and report from inside Libya during the war, talked about how Gadhafi's life ended and what his death means for Libya's future and the civil war.There are reports that Gadhafi was hiding in a hole, possibly a sewer or drainage ditch, like former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein before he was captured.when he left Tripoli in August that he left with a large entourage, with lots of cash ... and a lot of weapons. And for him to end up basically in the same sort of spider hole that Saddam Hussein did seems a bit odd, a bit out of character.