Financial crisis drives up Greek suicide rate

Art teachers protest against the government austerity measure that threaten their jobs, outside the Greek parliament in central Athens, on Friday, Sept, 6, 2013. The conservative-led government plans to sack 15,000 state employees by the end of 2014, and place another 25,000 in a program of mandatory suspensions and job transfers. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek aid group says suicides have increased by 45 percent during the first four years of Greece's financial crisis, and warned there are indications of a further "very large rise" in the past two years.