Greek protests turn violent as fragile government approves
austerity measures  ATHENS, Greece — Greek lawmakers have
narrowly passed a crucial austerity bill by majority vote, but
with heavy dissent from within the three-party governing
coalition.  Immediately after the vote early Thursday and before
the tally had been officially announced, two of the coalition
parties expelled a total of seven dissenting deputies from their
ranks.  The third party in the coalition, the small Democratic
Left, mostly voted "present" — in essence abstaining from the
vote.  The passage of the bill was a big step for the government
to secure continued funding from the country's international
creditors.  Without the loans, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras
has said Greece will run out of euros on Nov. 16.  A protest by
more than 80,000 people in Athens degenerated into violence late
Wednesday as hundreds of protesters clashed with riot police
ahead of the parliamentary vote.    Mirroring the chaos in the
street, lawmakers were forced