WORLD BRIEFING / GREECE
TIMES WIRE REPORTS
Far-right protesters tried to storm an old courthouse in central Athens where hundreds of illegal immigrants have lived for months amid piles of rubbish and human waste, and without electricity, running water or sanitation.
The group of several dozen people hurled rocks and firecrackers at the eight-story building from the street and nearby buildings, while those living inside threw back slabs of masonry and bricks. At least three people were hurt.
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