Dockworkers protest as death toll from Greek shipyard explosion rises to 8

Riot police fired tear gas to disperse outraged dockworkers trying to storm the Greek Merchant Marine Ministry Friday, after an explosion and fire at a shipyard near Athens killed eight people and injured four. Greek labor unions and opposition parties accused the government of ignoring repeated warnings of poor safety standards at Perama dockyards, 12 miles (20 kilometers) west of Athens. The ministry said rescue workers at Perama found the last three bodies early Friday inside the ship where the blast occurred on Thursday. No more workers were missing, it said, adding that one of the dead was from the Philippines. Two of the four injured workers remained hospitalized for treatment of smoke inhalation, authorities said. Hundreds of dockworkers marched to the ministry in Piraeus, Greece's main port, to protest the deaths and... [read full story]