A riot police officer speaks on the radio in Athens December 9, 2008. Riot police fought running battles with hundreds of protestors outside Greece's parliament on Tuesday while the opposition socialist party called for elections to end four days of protests. In the outskirts of Athens, more than 5,000 people dressed in black gathered at the funeral for the 15-year-old boy whose shooting by police on Saturday has triggered Greece's worst riots in decades. [Agencies via China Daily]