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At the family's home, his brother Uday said al-Zeidi would travel to Athens for medical checkups and because he was worried about his safety in Iraq. On Tuesday morning, a crowd of about 50 journalists and TV crews gathered outside the family's home in a commercial district of the capital. (CBS News -- 60 minutes II)
Iraqi who threw shoes at Bush released from prison Sep 15, 2009
At the family's home, his brother Uday said al-Zeidi would travel to Athens for medical checkups and because he was worried about his safety in Iraq. "He fears for his life," Uday said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Greece: Panathinaikos knocks off Panthrakikos Sep 14, 2009
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Sebastian Leto scored a late goal to lead Panathinaikos to a 1-0 win at 10-man Panthrakikos on Sunday to put the Athens club top of the of the Greek league. Panathinaikos has a maximum nine points from three games, while Aris Thessaloniki, which beat Giannena 1-0 Saturday, is second on seven points. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
One dead in Greece flash floods Sep 13, 2009
Malcolm Brabant reports from Athens. SEE ALSO. (BBC News -- Europe)
International Airports in Latvia Sep 8, 2009
For Scheduled and Cheap Flights to Riga, Liepaja and Ventspils. Latvia is a country in northern Europe on the Baltic Sea. (Suite101.com)
It's all Greek to Marlborough revelers Sep 8, 2009
But while the puppet shows flourished in Greece during the wars, coups and unrest of the first half of the 20th century, they began to die out when television and modern movies gained popularity and are now mainly seen at a shadow theater museum in Athens ... a trip to the Athens theater museum. (Marlborough Enterprise, MA)
Driving change: Your views Sep 8, 2009
Christopher Papanastasiou, Athens, Greece. They changed from left to right in Sweden in 1967. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Greece's Karamanlis, Seeking Re-election, Sees `Great Risks' for Economy Sep 6, 2009
To contact the reporters on this story: in Athens at. Last Updated: September 5, 2009 15:18 EDT. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
Greece's Karamanlis Risks Producing Hung Parliament With Early Elections Sep 5, 2009
The early poll is a positive development reducing the prospect of a long period of uncertainty, , research head at Marfin Analysis SA in Athens, wrote in a note today ... the socialist partys spokeswoman on economic issues, pledged today to amend the tax on gambling winnings should they win the elections, spurring gains in the shares of Athens-based , Europes largest publicly traded gambling company ... To contact the reporters on this story: in Athens at ; in Athens. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
Socialist hope Sep 4, 2009
PUNDITS in Athens were not all that surprised when Costas Karamanlis, the Greek , announced that he would call a snap election next month, halfway through his four-year term ... Last December s riots in Athens led to the emergence of new extreme-left groups ... This week a car bomb damaged the Athens stock exchange. (The Economist)
Greek voting day announced Sep 4, 2009
The leader of the socialist opposition, former foreign minister George Papandreou, is expected to respond in an Athens rally celebrating the party's 35th anniversary later on Thursday ... In December he faced criticism as rioting erupted nationwide over the police killing of an Athens teenager. (iAfrica.com)
Greek PM calls early election for Oct.4 Sep 4, 2009
ATHENS, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis on Thursday called early general elections for Oct. 4, urging the public to give his beleaguered conservative party a "fresh mandate" to push through reforms to tackle the global financial crisis. "I asked President Karolos Papoulias to disband parliament on Monday so that elections can be held on October 4," Karamanlis said in a televised address. (Xinhuanet, China)
Greece's PM calls snap election Sep 3, 2009
Page last updated at 18:50 GMT, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 19:50 UK. Mr Karamanlis said he wanted a "fresh political mandate". (BBC News -- Europe)
Erickson Air-Crane Helitankers Dampen Wildfires From Southern California and Canada to Europe and Down Under Sep 3, 2009
Erickson transformed the heavy-lift helicopters into specialized firefighters in the 1990's and have been making a tremendous difference in the firefights ever since," Rieder added. In the Pacific Northwest, --- Aircranes helped put out fires in central Washington State, about midway between Seattle and Spokane and in southeast Washington where nearly a hundred homes were threatened and a landmark restaurant destroyed. In Canada, three Aircranes battled blazes in British Columbia. One... (PR Newswire)
Bomb hits Athens stock exchange Sep 2, 2009
A bomb has exploded outside the Athens stock exchange, slightly injuring a female passer-by and damaging the building, police say ... The blasts may be the work of a Greek extremists' group, Revolutionary Struggle, says the BBC's Malcolm Brabant in Athens ... A warning of the Athens explosion was telephoned to a local newspaper, enabling police to seal off the area in the west of Athens before the bomb went off. (BBC News -- Europe)
Depression looms as global crisis Sep 2, 2009
The warning comes as the first Global Mental Health Summit starts in Athens, Greece ... The five-day summit in Athens will provide the opportunity to address what the organisers are calling a crisis in global mental healthcare ... Bomb hits Athens stock exchange. (BBC News -- Health)
Stockholm Syndrome Sep 1, 2009
A decade later, shortly after TWA Flight 847 took off from Athens, Greece in 1985, two gun-toting terrorists forced their way into the cockpit, demanding that the plane touch down in Lebanon. Once on the ground, they held passengers captive, threatened them with guns and murdered one hostage, dumping his body onto the tarmac. (Time.com)
Greece: Panathinaikos takes over first position Aug 31, 2009
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Costas Katsouranis scored the only goal of the game Sunday as Panathinaikos beat a defensively minded Xanthi 1-0 and took sole possession of first place in the Greek league ... The Piraeus club has one match in hand after its game against AEK Athens was postponed because of wildfires around Athens last week. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
Ferry Services to Albania from Ital... Aug 31, 2009
Athens and Heraklion in Greece. Frankfurt, Munich and Stuttgart in Germany. (Suite101.com)
Wildfires in Greece finally contained Aug 31, 2009 Ancient burial site discovered in Greece Aug 29, 2009 Making Summer In The City More Bearable Aug 29, 2009 World's mega cities expand as millions quit the countryside Aug 28, 2009 Mariners expect a capital gain even if Canberra misses out Aug 28, 2009 Greeks probe Pakistani complaint Aug 28, 2009 Earthquake shakes southern Greece Aug 28, 2009 * Greece beat Lithuania to win Acropolis title Aug 28, 2009 Forest fires - a continuing tragedy? Aug 28, 2009 Greeks Sift Through 'Unbelievable' Damage After Fires Aug 27, 2009 After fires out, Athens residents assess damage Aug 27, 2009 Winter Olympic Games: IOC says Vancouver is ready Aug 27, 2009 Torture complaint filed against British agent Aug 27, 2009 Greece begins recovery after fires Aug 26, 2009 Local Greeks anxiously watch raging wildfires Aug 26, 2009 Greek firefighters get respite Aug 26, 2009 Smart Clothes For Better Healthcare Aug 26, 2009 Fire crews gain upper hand over Greek blaze Aug 26, 2009 Greek media blast government’s response to wildfires Aug 26, 2009 Greece claims wildfire victory Aug 26, 2009 Massive wildfire near Athens nearly put out Aug 26, 2009 Firefighters win battle against Athens blazes Aug 26, 2009 Football: Atletico seal Champions League place Aug 26, 2009 * World News Quick Take Aug 26, 2009 Measures for protecting Greek fire-devastated areas Aug 26, 2009 Exhausted Greek crews battle on against fires Aug 25, 2009 Philomath High School graduates’ plans, honors listed Aug 25, 2009 Firefighters claim victory in Athens inferno Aug 25, 2009 Wildfires near Athens recede as wind eases Aug 25, 2009 Greece edges out Serbia 66-65 in tournament opener Aug 25, 2009 Wildfires Rage Across Greece Aug 25, 2009 EU increases assistance to Greece in fighting wildfires Aug 25, 2009 Greek fire stories Aug 25, 2009 Athens fires recede but officials still wary Aug 25, 2009 As the Greek Fires Subside, Outrage Grows Aug 25, 2009 * Wildfires still a threat north of Athens Aug 25, 2009 woman in Greece faces fire with branch Aug 25, 2009 Firefighters battling the wildfires that charred large swathes of forests and forced thousands to flee homes gained the upper hand by Monday afternoon. • Wildfires in Greece mostly under control Aug 25, 2009 Greece under siege by fire, but winds ease Aug 25, 2009 Firemen quell Greek blaze Aug 25, 2009 Huge wildfires gaining forces in strong winds were devouring houses and large patches of forest and forcing thousands to abandon homes near Athens. • Police ask vacationers to postpone returning to Athens Aug 24, 2009 Thousands Flee Fires in Athens Suburbs Aug 24, 2009 High winds drive on Greek wildfires Aug 24, 2009 Wildfire rages near Athens, thousands flee Aug 24, 2009 Al-Qaeda chemical expert 'killed' Aug 24, 2009 Thousands Flee 'Mega-Wildfire' in Greece Aug 24, 2009 Axed M4 relief road 'cost 15m' Aug 24, 2009 Loch canoeists die after rescue Aug 24, 2009 All about the Ashes in the papers Aug 24, 2009 V disappointment for Oasis fans Aug 24, 2009 Safety fears over new school site Aug 24, 2009 Fears raised over cardiac rehab Aug 24, 2009 Four Portuguese men die in crash Aug 24, 2009 Ra-ra skirts and big hair: The 80s return at new festival Aug 24, 2009 'Better' test for asbestos cancer Aug 24, 2009 NHS dystrophy care 'inadequate' Aug 24, 2009 Earthquake shakes southern Greece Aug 24, 2009 Greeks probe Pakistani complaint Aug 24, 2009 Torture complaint filed against British agent Aug 24, 2009 Yemeni troops 'kill 100 rebels' Aug 24, 2009 US sex-abstinence drive 'flawed' Aug 24, 2009 Kosovo riots 'were orchestrated' Aug 24, 2009 Fire crews scramble to tame Greek fires Aug 24, 2009 Australian surfers to aid Japan Aug 24, 2009 Big fires occur in Marathon in Greece Aug 24, 2009
Wildfires burned out of control in the forests of Athens' northern suburbs for four days before firefighters contained them ... The threat to Athens has diminished but fire danger is high throughout the country because of hot, dry conditions. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Greece: Iraklis fan slaps Aris goalie in 2-2 draw Aug 30, 2009
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Javier Campora scored two goals as Aris drew 2-2 at crosstown rival Iraklis on Saturday in a match delayed for 45 minutes just a few seconds after kickoff when an Iraklis fan slapped and shouted obscenities at Aris goalkeeper Michalis Sifakis. Private security employees did nothing to prevent the fan from reaching Sifakis and the fan was not arrested. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
ATHENS, Greece - Archaeologists say they have found a lavish burial site while excavating the ancient Macedonian capital in northern Greece ... Archaeologist Chrysoula Saatsoglou-Paliadeli says the human remains excavated this week were inside one of two large silver vessels found in the ruins, some 190 miles (300 kilometers) north of Athens. (MSNBC -- Environment)
These data, combined with measurements from aircraft and satellites, promise to improve 'urban heat island' forecasts to make life in modern-day Athens easier during heat waves ... Heat waves strike with relative frequency in the summer months across southern Europe but the Greek capital of Athens is notorious for its sweltering conditions ... This is sadly illustrated by the 10-day heat wave that engulfed Athens in 1987 and responsible for claiming 926 lives. (Science Daily)
british school at athens. athens, greece. (Yahoo News -- Population Issues)
Burns has failed to make an impact at AEK Athens since leaving Adelaide United 18 months ago, and when the club this week signed Slovakian Krisztian Nemeth on a one-year loan deal from Liverpool, Burns chose to head to Corfu to take up a similar loan deal at second-tier Kerkyra FC.. send photos, videos ffs to 0424 SMS SMH (+61 424 767 764), or us. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
The BBC's Malcolm Brabant in Athens says Greek opposition politicians remain deeply dissatisfied with the response of the UK and Greek governments to the allegations. Mr Voulgarakis' deputy, Christos Markoyiannakis, resigned on Tuesday after publicly criticising a senior judge investigating the case. (Yahoo News -- Greece)
A strong earthquake has struck southern Greece, including the capital, Athens, but there are no reports of injuries ... The quake's epicentre was located about 200km (125 miles) south of Athens, near the island of Kythira, the Athens Geodynamic Institute said ... This is the most seismic part of the Mediterranean basin and Greeks are used to buildings swaying, but this this quake was so powerful, it sent thousands of people running into the streets, reports the BBC's Malcolm Brabant in Athens. (Yahoo News -- Greece)
AP, ATHENS Friday, Aug 28, 2009, Page 19. Greece won the Acropolis Tournament undefeated by edging Lithuania 75-73 on Wednesday in a tune-up for next months European basketball championship. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Around Athens, the fires appear to be under control - this time. But with average temperatures in southern Europe increasing, and computer models of future climate suggest that what we have seen so far is just the tip of a (melting) iceberg, were these fires just a foretaste of conflagrations that will come regularly as vegetation turns tinderbox dry. (BBC News -- Europe)
Aug. 25: A man stands amid the wreckage of his burned home in the village of Stamata, north of Athens. Aug. 25: A man stands amid the wreckage of his burned home in the village of Stamata, north of Athens ... ATHENS, Greece Fani Filosidi sifted through the burnt wreckage of her home as her family calmly loaded what was left into a small van a stack of plates, some living room furniture, a table lamp. (Fox News)
Suddenly, the stress of living through Greece's latest wildfire -- a voracious monster that devoured large areas near Athens -- was overwhelming ... Rodopoli, a small town 12 miles (20 kilometers) north of Athens, was one of about a dozen areas hard hit by the devastating wildfires ... The fires spared the cinder block-built homes on the outskirts of Athens, including luxury villas owned by some of the city's wealthiest residents. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
The flame for the games will be lit in seven weeks in Olympia, Greece before traveling to Athens for a flight to Victoria, British Columbia. It will remain in Canada for the entire torch relay starting on Oct. 30. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Associated Press in Athens. Thursday 29 December 2005. (Yahoo News -- Greece)
In Pendeli, on the outskirts of Athens, the valley was full of white-grey smoke as fires on its eastern side were doused by water planes ... Only one fire remains out of control, in Porto Germano, west of Athens. (BBC News -- Europe)
A helicopter loads water from Lake Marathon, north of Athens, on Sunday with charred forest in the background ... Backed by air tankers from fellow European Union members, crews had managed to beat back a massive blaze that had consumed 52,000 acres of farms and forests and threatened Athens' northern suburbs and Marathon, birthplace of the namesake race and sister city to Hopkinton ... In Athens, the fire cast a pall of smoke over the capital, plunging parts of it into a brown half-light. (Marlborough Enterprise, MA)
NEW: Nuns rescued from convent as winds flame new fires southeast of Athens ... ATHENS, Greece (CNN) -- The capital of Greece appeared safe from wildfires that have raged for days, firefighters said Monday, but they remained on standby in anticipation of flare-ups caused by strong winds ... A resident walks in Pikermi, an eastern suburb of Athens, Greece, where wind was fanning flames Monday. (CNN -- World)
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(08-25) 04:00 PDT Athens. A massive wildfire that destroyed homes and forests receded Monday as a multinational airborne effort beat back flames that at one point threatened Athens' northern suburbs and raged near the ancient battleground at Marathon ... Other major fires still burned near the coastal town of Porto Germeno, northwest of Athens, and near villages on the Evia island, east of the capital. (San Francisco Chronicle)
ATHENS - With a wildfire contained after raging for days near Athens, the Greek government faced a different kind of firestorm yesterday as media lambasted its response to the blaze as inadequate. At least 150 homes have burned down, officials said, while tens of thousands of acres of pine forest, olive groves, brush, and farmland have been decimated. (Boston Globe)
Greek authorities have said wildfires that ravaged the outskirts of Athens are now under control, rebuffing criticism of how they were handled ... "There is no excuse for the incredible disaster in greater Athens," the paper said in an editorial ... Waterbombing planes were sent to tackle fires still burning on Mount Kithaironas, west of Athens, and in Karystos, on the island of Evia. (BBC News -- Europe)
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- With a wildfire contained after raging for days near Athens, the Greek government faced a different kind of firestorm Tuesday as media lambasted its response to the blaze as inadequate ... For days a pall of smoke hung over Athens, cloaking capital in an eerie brown half-light ... Most of Mount Penteli, which separates Athens from the Marathon plain, was scorched to its 1,109-meter (3,638-foot) peak. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
A woman removes debris from her damaged house in the Penteli suburbof Athens, Greece,on Tuesday ... Firefighters win battle against blazes near Athens ... ATHENS, Greece - With a wildfire contained after raging for days near Athens, the Greek government faced a different kind of firestorm Tuesday as media lambasted its response to the blaze as inadequate. (MSNBC -- International)
Leading 3-2 from the first leg in Athens, Atletico needed just five minutes to further strengthen their stranglehold on the tie when Panathinaikos defender Loukas Vintra put through his own net. A deep cross from John Heitinga picked out Diego Forlan running in towards the far post, and although the Uruguayan failed to direct his volley goalwards, the ball still ended up in the net as Vintra sliced his attempted clearance past goalkeeper Mario Galinovic. (CNN -- International)
Firefighters claimed victory yesterday over a devastating, wind-swept wildfire that ravaged the outskirts of Athens over four days, enabling them to redeploy waterbombers to other blazes in Greece. The situation has greatly improved, we currently have no active fronts in greater Athens, a fire department spokeswoman said ... Waterbombers were diverted to Mount Kithaironas, west of Athens, and to Karystos on the island of Evia to tackle fires in both places that did not, however, pose a threat... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Photo taken on August 24, 2009 shows the fire-stricken mountain in a town in northern Athens, capital of Greece ... ATHENS, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Greek government has decided to step up measures to protect the areas devastated by the recent wildfires in a cabinet meeting on Tuesday ... This NASA handout shows a satellite image of smoke trails from the fires consuming several parts of the Greek capital of Athens, Aug. 23, 2009. (Xinhuanet, China)
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- A Greek monastery clanged its bells in warning Monday as an out-of-control wildfire raced down a mountainside, elderly nuns were evacuated from its threatened convent and the remains of Saint Ephrem were removed to a safer location. At the Saint Ephrem Monastery near Nea Makri, north of Athens, buildings were silhouetted against a red sky lit up by the glow of nearby wildfires ... For the fourth straight day, exhausted Greek firefighters battled around the clock to try and... (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
She plans to attend the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga. where she will major in biology to pursue a career in the medical field. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
A firefighter works amid a thick smoke in Pikermi, an eastern Athens residental area. Firefighters claimed victory Tuesday over a devastating, wind-swept wildfire that ravaged the outskirts of Athens over four days, enabling them to redeploy waterbombers to other blazes in Greece ... ATHENS (AFP) - Firefighters claimed victory Tuesday over a devastating, wind-swept wildfire that ravaged the outskirts of Athens over four days, enabling them to redeploy waterbombers to other blazes in Greece. (Yahoo! Asia News)
ATHENS, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Firefighters battling the wildfires that charred large swathes of forests and forced thousands to flee homes gained the upper hand by Monday afternoon. Photo taken on August 24, 2009 shows the fire-stricken mountain in a town in northern Athens, capital of Greece ... "More than 120,000 stremmas (30,000 acres) have been burnt. It is an ecological disaster," Athens Prefect Yiannis Sgouros told NET TV channel. (Xinhuanet, China)
ATHENS Greece eked out a 66-65 win over Serbia on the opening day of the 23rd Acropolis basketball tournament Monday thanks to a putback by center Yiannis Bourousis 22. 4 seconds before the end. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Athens Still Ringed by Fire as Crews Work to Beat Back Fires Across Greece. By SIMON MCGREGOR-WOOD and AMMU KANNAMPILLYATHENS, Greece, Aug. 24, 2009 ... Firefighting planes and resident volunteers battle wildfires near Athens. (ABC News)
Stavros Dimas, European Commissioner for Environment and Civil Protection, said: "The forest fires near Athens are creating an ecological disaster. It is imperative to bring them under control as quickly as possible." ... Greece requested assistance in dealing with the forest fires in the Athens area on Saturday. (Xinhuanet, China)
Readers living in the areas affected by the Greek fires have been keeping the BBC updated on the latest situation on the blazes threatening areas north of Athens ... KATERINA PAPATRYFON DRAKOPOULIS, ATHENS, SUNDAY 23 AUGUST ... I recently moved back to Athens from New York. (BBC News -- Europe)
Drop in winds offer a respite; blazes still threaten Athens' north suburbs. Yiorgos Karahalis / ReutersA firefighting helicopter drops water ona forest fire in Nea Makri village, northeast of Athens, on Monday ... Wildfires burn northeast of Athens, destroying dozens of houses. (MSNBC -- International)
A firefighter sprays water at a burning forest near Nea Makri, north of Athens ... Nestled in the hills northeast of Athens, the once picturesque village of Grammatikos now sits in a charred and blackened wasteland ... Since Friday, Greeks have watched in horror as walls of fire have sped toward heavily populated villages and suburbs on the fringes of Athens. (Time.com)
Wildfires still a threat north of Athens. DEVASTATION: Six fires were raging across Greece, including the city of Marathon, with the mayor accusing the government of lacking a plan to fight the wildfires AP , ATHENS Tuesday, Aug 25, 2009, Page 6 ... A plane drops water on a burning forest in Nea Makri, near Athens, Greece, yesterday. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
With clouds of thick smoke making their way to Athens, a woman used a tree branch to defend her home in the village of Grammatiko. Photo: Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters. (Harper's Magazine)
Photo taken on August 24, 2009 shows the fire-stricken mountain in a town in northern Athens, capital of Greece ... ATHENS, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Greek fire brigade officials on Monday afternoon appeared confident that efforts to extinguish the last remaining wildfires in Attica prefecture would be successful by nightfall, with the emphasis now shifting to preventing any rekindling of fires ... This NASA handout shows a satellite image of smoke trails from the fires consuming several parts of the... (Xinhuanet, China)
(08-24) 04:00 PDT Athens. A slight easing of gale-force winds early today offered hard-pressed Greek firefighters a respite after wildfires raged for two days north of Athens, burning houses and swaths of forest while forcing thousands to evacuate their homes ... On Sunday, thousands of residents of Athens' northern outskirts evacuated their homes, fleeing in cars or on foot. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Exhausted firefighters contained on Monday wildfires which had been bearing down on Athens and threatened ancient Greek landmarks after a round-the-clock rescue effort ... After a weekend of devastation which saw hundreds of residents evacuated from their homes in the suburbs, thousands of hectares of woodland reduced to cinders and fears that Athens would soon be choked by smoke, respite finally came when heavy winds died down ... "The situation has improved, there is no more significant active... (iAfrica.com)
Greek police ask vacationers to postpone returning to Athens amid wildfires_English_Xinhua. Greek police ask vacationers to postpone returning to Athens amid wildfires ... ATHENS, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Greek police authority on Sunday asked people who are returning to Athens from vacations and excursions to postpone their journey in a bid to avoid clogging roads amid the rampant wildfires in the region. (Xinhuanet, China)
ATHENS, Greece, Aug. 23, 2009 ... Dozens of wildfires are burning through Athens, Greece ... A resident sits on top of a water wagon during a fire at the Mount of Penteli, 22 miles east of Athens, early Sunday. (CBS News)
Crews battle to save homes as fires tear through Athens suburbs for third day. Police helpings to evacuate 20,000 residents of Athens suburb Agios Stefanos ... Fires raging near Athens are worst since 2007 when 65 people killed. (CNN -- International)
ATHENS, Aug 23 (Reuters) - A huge wildfire fanned by strong winds cut a swathe of destruction near Athens on Sunday, burning houses, razing large patches of forest and sending thousands fleeing their homes, authorities said ... Authorities said the fire had retreated from Athens suburbs and was burning mainly forest land, but winds remained strong and the danger for a flare-up was constant ... Earlier on Sunday, local authorities used loudspeakers to urge the 20,000 residents of affluent Athens... (AlertNet)
Athens' residents battle flames. FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS. (Yahoo News -- Terrorism & 9/11)
Thousands Flee 'Mega-Wildfire' Near Athens ... ATHENS, Greece An overnight drop in gale-force winds offered hard-pressed Greek firefighters a brief respite Monday after wildfires raged unchecked for two days north of Athens, burning houses and swathes of forest while forcing thousands to flee their homes ... On Sunday, thousands of residents of Athens' northern outskirts evacuated their homes, fleeing in cars or on foot. (Fox News)
Page last updated at 05:39 GMT, Monday, 24 August 2009 06:39 UK. Axed M4 relief road 'cost 15m. (BBC News -- UK)
Page last updated at 21:09 GMT, Sunday, 23 August 2009 22:09 UK. A man and his seven-year-old son have died after getting into trouble while canoeing on Loch Maree in Wester Ross. (BBC News -- UK)
The Guardian has printed a huge photograph over two pages of the night sky in Athens ... Fires rage through Athens suburbs. (BBC News -- UK)
Page last updated at 23:54 GMT, Sunday, 23 August 2009 00:54 UK. Liam Gallagher (left) is "resting up" before the band's next gig on Friday. (BBC News -- UK)
Page last updated at 23:25 GMT, Sunday, 23 August 2009 00:25 UK. The school would be sited close to a former landfill site. (BBC News -- UK)
Page last updated at 23:29 GMT, Sunday, 23 August 2009 00:29 UK. Cardiac rehab services can improve survival chances. (BBC News -- UK)
Page last updated at 06:56 GMT, Monday, 24 August 2009 07:56 UK. Four men died in the collision in Newry. (BBC News -- UK)
Page last updated at 10:55 GMT, Sunday, 23 August 2009 11:55 UK. Thousands turn out for '80s stars. (BBC News -- UK)
Page last updated at 04:00 GMT, Monday, 24 August 2009 05:00 UK. Better' test for asbestos cancer. (BBC News -- UK)
Page last updated at 03:06 GMT, Monday, 24 August 2009 04:06 UK. NHS dystrophy care 'inadequate. (BBC News -- UK)
A strong earthquake has struck southern Greece, including the capital, Athens, but there are no reports of injuries ... The quake's epicentre was located about 200km (125 miles) south of Athens, near the island of Kythira, the Athens Geodynamic Institute said ... This is the most seismic part of the Mediterranean basin and Greeks are used to buildings swaying, but this this quake was so powerful, it sent thousands of people running into the streets, reports the BBC's Malcolm Brabant in Athens. (Yahoo News -- Greece)
The BBC's Malcolm Brabant in Athens says Greek opposition politicians remain deeply dissatisfied with the response of the UK and Greek governments to the allegations. Mr Voulgarakis' deputy, Christos Markoyiannakis, resigned on Tuesday after publicly criticising a senior judge investigating the case. (Yahoo News -- Greece)
Associated Press in Athens. Thursday 29 December 2005. (Yahoo News -- Greece)
Page last updated at 17:39 GMT, Sunday, 23 August 2009 18:39 UK. Yemeni troops 'kill 100 rebels. (BBC News -- Africa)
Page last updated at 02:13 GMT, Friday, 1 December 2006. US sex-abstinence drive 'flawed. (Yahoo News -- Birth Control)
BBC reporter flees Athens fires. Remains of WWI fallen identified. (Yahoo News -- Kosovo)
Fire crews outside Athens scrambled Monday to exploit a lull in high winds, but the flames spread further and dozens of nuns had to be rescued from a convent threatened by one blaze, officials said ... "There are some signs of optimism but no letting up of the firefighting effort. We have a chance to contain this nightmare that has burned the city's main forest area," Athens regional governor Yiannis Sgouros said ... Up to 2,000 firefighters, soldiers and volunteers are involved in fighting... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Page last updated at 04:41 GMT, Monday, 24 August 2009 05:41 UK. By PHil Mercer BBC News, Sydney. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
ATHENS, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Big fires occurred in Marathon area close to Greek capital on Saturday, threatening the villages and Penteli mountain nearby ... Heavy smokes were seen over Athens and the surrounding regions ... Locals try to put out a fire in Varnava village, northeast of Athens, August 22, 2009. (Xinhuanet, China)
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