Violence as Greece debates bailout reforms

Anti-austerity protesters hurled petrol bombs at police guarding the Greek parliament on Thursday as MPs debated deeply unpopular reforms they need to vote in to clear the way for a eurozone rescue of Greece's failing economy. Riot police used tear gas to push back dozens of hooded protesters and secure the area in front of the parliament building after the demonstrators' Molotov cocktails set ablaze parts of Syntagma square in central Athens. The street violence reflected broad public anger at measures now backed by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras despite a July 5 referendum rejecting near-identical terms from Greece's creditors. Tsipras is facing a revolt over the reforms from his radical left ruling Syriza party, which came to power in January on anti-austerity promises.