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ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Djibril Cisse scored two goals to lead Panathinaikos to a 4-0 win over visiting Larissa that took them back to the top of the Greek league on Monday. Loukas Vintra and Costas Katsouranis also scored for the Athens club as it reclaimed the lead from defending champion Olympiakos, which beat Levadiakos 3-0 on Saturday. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
Greek Socialist leader sworn in as prime minister Oct 6, 2009
(10-06) 01:34 PDT ATHENS, Greece (AP) ... He was sworn in Tuesday by Greece's Orthodox Church leader Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens in a ceremony at the presidential mansion. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
* Papandreou trounces conservatives in Greece Oct 6, 2009
PARLIAMENTARY VICTORY: The Panhellenic Socialist Movement will return to power after five years in opposition with 160 seats in the 300-seat parliament AP , ATHENS Tuesday, Oct 06, 2009, Page 6. The leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, George Papandreou, waves to supporters as he arrives at his office in Athens on Sunday. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Debt-ridden Greece takes a sharp turn to the left Oct 6, 2009
ATHENS: Greece's socialist leader, George Papandreou, has pledged to ''turn the page'' on scandals and an economic malaise associated with the outgoing conservative government which suffered a surprise electoral defeat. We have a mandate to turn a new page,'' Mr Papandreou said as his PASOK party celebrated a return to power after Sunday's election victory after five years in opposition. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Riots push Greece to edge Oct 5, 2009
By Malcolm Brabant BBC News, Athens. Pulsating punk rock was stoking up the black-clad army of students outside the University of Athens, as, yet again, they prepared to march on parliament ... The unrest across Greece is no longer an outpouring of youthful anger over the "martyrdom" of a schoolboy in the Athens district of Exarchia. (BBC News -- Europe)
Greek Socialist leader oversees party's return to power Oct 5, 2009
By Demetris Nellas, Associated Press ATHENS Two years ago, when George Papandreou led Greece's Socialist party to its worst election result in three decades, he was widely derided as an ineffective politician ... Greek Socialist Party leader George Papandreou, bottom right, is greeted by supporters as he enters his party headquarters in central Athens, on Sunday. (Florida Today)
The main opposition PASOK won Sunday's general elections with a wide margin that allows the formation of a majority government, the first official results show.• Greek socialists promise changes in gov't prior to elections Oct 5, 2009
ATHENS, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Greek main opposition PASOK party president George Papandreou renewed his appeal to voters Wednesday to elect a new strong socialist government on this Sunday's general elections "capable of serving the people effectively and change the course of the country.". Speaking at a press conference at Zappeion in the center of Athens that was broadcast on five television channels, he stressed that "on October 4 we don't just choose the next government, but our future" and... (Xinhuanet, China)
Socialists win Greek general elections Oct 5, 2009
ATHENS, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) led by George Papandreou won Sunday's general elections in Greece with a wide margin that allows the formation of a majority government, according to the first official results. The Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) leader George Papandreou (Front) smiles in congratulations from his supporters in central Athens, capital of Greece, on Oct. 4, 2009 ... Supporters of the Greek Panhellenic Socialist Movement Party (PASOK) led... (Xinhuanet, China)
Greek Socialists defy Europe's shift to right Oct 5, 2009
ATHENS, Greece - Greece's opposition Socialists trounced the governing conservatives in a landslide election Sunday, with voters angered by scandals and a faltering economy ousting Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis halfway through his second term ... "We bear a great responsibility to change the course of the country. . . . We know that we can make it," Papandreou, a former foreign minister, told jubilant supporters lighting flares and waving flags outside the Socialist party headquarters in... (AZCentral -- News)
Socialists win Greek vote by landslide Oct 5, 2009
Supporters of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement celebrated in Athens yesterday after the party won in general elections ... ATHENS - Greece s Socialists beat the governing conservatives by a landslide in yesterday s parliamentary election ... We know that we can make it, Papandreou, a former foreign minister, told jubilant supporters lighting flares and waving PASOK flags depicting the party s symbol of a green rising sun outside his party headquarters in central Athens. (Boston Globe)
Socialists trounce conservatives in Greece Oct 5, 2009
ATHENS, Greece - Greece's opposition Socialists won an early election by a landslide Sunday, initial results indicated, with voters angered by scandals and a faltering economy ousting conservative Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis ... Congratulations to victorThousands of cheering supporters mobbed a smiling Papandreou as he arrived at the central Athens headquarters as the results trickled in, while others drove through the city honking their horns ... Authorities' failure to contain widespread... (MSNBC -- International)
Dokic wins Athens ITF title Oct 5, 2009
Dokic outclassed local hope Eleni Daniilidou 6-2 6-1 in the final of the $US100,000 ($A115,000) Athens ITF tournament, the triumph lifting the 26-year-old from 80th to No.68 in the world, her highest ranking since 2004. The victory is a huge boost for Dokic, whose season turned pear-shaped in the months after she made a surprising and captivating wildcard run to the Australian Open quarter-finals in January. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Greeks probe Pakistani complaint Oct 4, 2009
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)
Greece: Olympiakos tops Levadiakos, takes 1st Oct 4, 2009
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Oscar Gonzalez scored one goal and set up another Saturday as Olympiakos beat host Levadiakos 3-0 to take the overnight lead in the Greek league. Brazilian duo Diogo and Dudu added goals in the first half to give Olympiakos 16 points from six games, one point ahead of Panathinaikos, which hosts Larissa Monday. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
Voting starts in Greek general elections Oct 4, 2009
ATHENS, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- The general elections in Greece opened at 7 a.m. (0400 GMT) Sunday, and some 9 ... Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis attends a pre-election rally of his New Democracy party in Athens, capital of Greece, on Oct. 2, 2009 ... ATHENS, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis urged voters here Friday night to trust his conservative New Democracy party (ND) again in order to guide Greece out of the international financial crisis. (Xinhuanet, China)
Greeks begin voting in snap poll Oct 4, 2009
The BBC's Malcolm Brabant in Athens says the election campaign has, by Greek standards, been decidedly lacklustre. George Papandreou is promising to build a green economy. (BBC News -- Europe)
Torture complaint filed against British agent Oct 4, 2009
Associated Press in Athens. Thursday 29 December 2005. (Yahoo News -- Greece)
Earthquake shakes southern Greece Oct 4, 2009
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)
Greek dilemma Oct 3, 2009
By Malcolm Brabant BBC News, Athens ... Athens is expected to ask for extra time to meet the target ... Mr Karamanlis' likely demise does not bring any satisfaction to Fivos Gouzios, a 24-year-old left wing political activist who was among thousands of young demonstrators on the streets of Athens last December in Greece's worst civil unrest for decades. (BBC News -- Europe)
Woodland bowler grabs gold medal in Taiwan Oct 1, 2009 Checking In with Bec Oct 1, 2009 Jodie Henry to retire from swimming Sep 30, 2009 Japan's Sekiya takes Spartathlon ultramarathon Sep 30, 2009 Athens on a budget Sep 25, 2009 There was never any doubt on UGA-FLA in JAX Sep 25, 2009 • French police bulldoze immigrant camp near Calais Sep 23, 2009 Ancient Greek Lessons About Gay Marriage Sep 23, 2009 Athens no longer cheap, but bargains exist Sep 22, 2009 Greece: Panathinaikos 4-0 after win over Aris Sep 21, 2009 Greek police find pot plants in high-way median Sep 19, 2009 Call for Artists: Art Exchanges Events Sep 17, 2009 Iraq shoe-thrower flies out after release Sep 16, 2009 South Africa fights for 'humiliated' Semenya Sep 15, 2009 Iraqi who threw shoes at Bush released from prison Sep 15, 2009 Iraqi Shoe-Thrower Freed, Brother Says Sep 15, 2009 Greece: Panathinaikos knocks off Panthrakikos Sep 14, 2009 One dead in Greece flash floods Sep 13, 2009 It's all Greek to Marlborough revelers Sep 8, 2009 Driving change: Your views Sep 8, 2009 International Airports in Latvia Sep 8, 2009 Greece's Karamanlis, Seeking Re-election, Sees `Great Risks' for Economy Sep 6, 2009 Greece's Karamanlis Risks Producing Hung Parliament With Early Elections Sep 5, 2009 Greek PM calls early election for Oct.4 Sep 4, 2009 Socialist hope Sep 4, 2009 Greek voting day announced Sep 4, 2009 Greece's PM calls snap election Sep 3, 2009 Erickson Air-Crane Helitankers Dampen Wildfires From Southern California and Canada to Europe and Down Under Sep 3, 2009 Bomb hits Athens stock exchange Sep 2, 2009 Depression looms as global crisis Sep 2, 2009 Stockholm Syndrome Sep 1, 2009 Greece: Panathinaikos takes over first position Aug 31, 2009 Wildfires in Greece finally contained Aug 31, 2009 Ferry Services to Albania from Ital... Aug 31, 2009 Greece: Iraklis fan slaps Aris goalie in 2-2 draw Aug 30, 2009 Ancient burial site discovered in Greece Aug 29, 2009 Making Summer In The City More Bearable Aug 29, 2009 Mariners expect a capital gain even if Canberra misses out Aug 28, 2009 World's mega cities expand as millions quit the countryside Aug 28, 2009 Earthquake shakes southern Greece Aug 28, 2009 Greeks probe Pakistani complaint Aug 28, 2009 Forest fires - a continuing tragedy? Aug 28, 2009 * Greece beat Lithuania to win Acropolis title Aug 28, 2009 Torture complaint filed against British agent Aug 27, 2009 Greeks Sift Through 'Unbelievable' Damage After Fires Aug 27, 2009 Winter Olympic Games: IOC says Vancouver is ready Aug 27, 2009 After fires out, Athens residents assess damage Aug 27, 2009 Greece begins recovery after fires Aug 26, 2009 Smart Clothes For Better Healthcare Aug 26, 2009 Greece claims wildfire victory Aug 26, 2009 Firefighters win battle against Athens blazes Aug 26, 2009 Measures for protecting Greek fire-devastated areas Aug 26, 2009 Local Greeks anxiously watch raging wildfires 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 * World News Quick Take Aug 26, 2009 Greek firefighters get respite Aug 26, 2009 Football: Atletico seal Champions League place Aug 26, 2009 Massive wildfire near Athens nearly put out Aug 26, 2009 As the Greek Fires Subside, Outrage Grows Aug 25, 2009 Philomath High School graduates’ plans, honors listed Aug 25, 2009 Exhausted Greek crews battle on against fires Aug 25, 2009 woman in Greece faces fire with branch Aug 25, 2009 Wildfires near Athens recede as wind eases Aug 25, 2009 EU increases assistance to Greece in fighting wildfires Aug 25, 2009
I m writing to my congressmen and senators to see if we can get some help next time when the Deaflympics is held in Athens in 2013. Sight-seeing and souvenirs. (Longview Daily News, WA)
* Soccer Shorts Oct 1, 2009
Former AEK Athens owner Makis Psomiadis was sentenced to four years in jail by an Athens court on Tuesday for fraud. Psomiadis, a current shareholder in rival Greek Super League club Nea Kavala, and two of his cousins were given four-year jail sentences for defrauding 11 million euros (US$16. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
When we finally reached Athens all we could do was wait in the airport. Neither one of us had the slightest clue as to who it was we were looking for, but we knew that whoever it was that came to get us would have no problem finding us because we stuck out like sore thumbs in that airport. (Fightingillini.com)
The star of the 2004 Athens Games is set to hand in her retirement form to Swimming Australia on Wednesday ... Henry won the prized 100m freestyle title and anchored Australia to victory in the 4x100m freestyle and 4x100m medley relay in Athens. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Ryoichi Sekiya of Japan has won the 27th Spartathlon ultramarathon, a 152 ... The 52-year-old Sekiya completed the trek from Athens to Sparta on Saturday in 23 hours, 48 minutes, 24 seconds. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
Bargain-hunting in new-look Athens - News- msnbc ... Bargain-hunting in new-look Athens ... Thanassis Stavrakis / APThe Temple of Festus is just one of numerous archaeological sites in Athens that are must-sees for visitors. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Keep it in Jacksonville every other year to save tradition but move it Atlanta, or a home and home every other year to add an extra home game that Athens needs ... and Athens for a game ... I have been to games in the Dome, Athens, and UGA/FL in both Athens and Jax. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Associated Press writers Martin Mazurkiewicz in Calais; Elena Becatoros in Athens and Karolina Tagaris in London contributed to this report. Copyright. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
The very idea of "Greek love" or "Greek homosexuality" as a single social institution comes to seem somewhat misguided as Davidson shows how very differently people behaved in, say, Sparta, Elis, and Athens. The Athenianswho have bequeathed us the most evidencewere very unusual; citizens of other Greek cities were puzzled by the Athenian practices of "paederasty," or "boy-love," which involved the courtship of young men but which were also associated with the boys' education. (Slate)
ATHENS, Greece Athens is no longer a discount destination. This photo taken Sept. 18, 2009 shows tourists in front of the Parthenon temple on the top of Acropolis hill in Athens ... (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) This photo taken Sept. 18, 2009 shows tourists looking at the temple of Festus in Athens. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Midfielder Costas Katsouranis scored a late goal to lead Panathinaikos Athens to a 2-1 victory over visiting Aris. Aris had taken the lead late in the first half through Brazilian defender Ronaldo Guiaro only to let Panathinaikos back into the game soon after through an own goal by Sebastian Abreu. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
Police say the 35-year-old was caught Thursday in the middle of a six-lane highway linking Athens with Thessaloniki, harvesting 42 marijuana plants up to 5. 9 feet (1. (AZCentral -- News)
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The reporter went into hiding after making his remarks, "because we fear for his life," brother Uday said, before later telling AFP the reporter had flown out to Syria before heading to Athens for medical treatment. "My brother has left the country 10 minutes ago on a private jet that will take him to Damascus," Uday said of the flight that left at 1820 GMT.. (Yahoo! Asia News)
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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. "He fears for his life," Uday said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
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)
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)
Malcolm Brabant reports from Athens. SEE ALSO. (BBC News -- Europe)
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)
Christopher Papanastasiou, Athens, Greece. They changed from left to right in Sweden in 1967. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
For Scheduled and Cheap Flights to Riga, Liepaja and Ventspils. Latvia is a country in northern Europe on the Baltic Sea. (Suite101.com)
To contact the reporters on this story: in Athens at. Last Updated: September 5, 2009 15:18 EDT. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Athens and Heraklion in Greece. Frankfurt, Munich and Stuttgart in Germany. (Suite101.com)
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)
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)
british school at athens. athens, greece. (Yahoo News -- Population Issues)
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)
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)
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)
Associated Press in Athens. Thursday 29 December 2005. (Yahoo News -- Greece)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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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)
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)
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)
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)
(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)
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)
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)
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)
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 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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