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April 5, 2012

A Suicide, a Protest and a Nation in Agony

John Kass, Chicago Tribune

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His name was Dimitris. And so he walked out Wednesday morning onto the beautiful and peaceful Syntagma Square across the street from the Parliament. And with him he carried the tools of his martyrdom: He carried a piece of paper that was his suicide note, and he carried a gun.

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