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A protestor gestures to police near the Parliament building in the center of Athens on May 5, 2010. A nationwide general strike gripped Greece in the first major test of the socialist government’s resolve to push through unprecedented austerity cuts needed to avert fiscal meltdown.Three people were killed in a firebomb attack on a bank in central Athens and around 20 people were being evacuated from the building, police said. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS