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| Nov.15 |
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Deadly floods hit Mandra, Nea Peramos and Megara |
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| Jul.20 |
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Greece earthquake leaves at least 2 dead, more than 120 injured
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| May.29 |
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Olympiakos footballer Alan Pulido kidnapped in Mexico |
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| May.19 |
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EgyptAir flight: Search intensifies for missing plane |
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EgyptAir crash: Plane wreckage found near Greek island
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| Apr.16 |
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Pope returns from Greece with 12 migrants
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| Mar.3 |
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EU's Tusk warns illegal economic migrants: Do not come here |
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Over one million reach Europe by sea |
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| Sep.20 |
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Alexis Tsipras hails 'victory of the people'. Athens
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| Sep.19 |
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Greece election: Voting begins in tight race |
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| Sep.7 |
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Greece acts over Lesbos 'explosion' fears |
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| Sep.1 |
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Thousands migrants arrive in mainland Greece |
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| Aug.22 |
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Macedonia migrants break through at Greek border
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| Aug.20 |
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PM Alexis Tsipras quits and calls early polls. Athens
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| Jul.22 |
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Greece crisis: MPs pass crucial bailout reforms. Athens
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| Jul.21 |
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MPs prepare for second vote on bailout reforms |
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| Jul.19 |
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Banks reopen after three-week shutdown 
Greek banks are set to reopen after three weeks of closures sparked by the deadlock over the country's debt
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| Jul.15 |
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Eurozone deal laws backed by MPs |
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| Jul.13 |
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Tsipras faces eurozone deal battle |
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Debt crisis: Eurozone summit strikes deal Brussels: Eurozone leaders have agreed to offer Greece a third bailout, after marathon talks. The bailout is conditional on Greece passing agreed reforms
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| Jul.12 |
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Debt crisis: Athens offered 'euro time-out' |
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| Jul.10 |
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MPs back bailout reform plan |
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| Jul.9 |
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Eurozone receives economic reform plan. Athens
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Debt crisis: Deadline day for new proposals |
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| Jul.8 |
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Banks stay shut as endgame looms |
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| Jul.6 |
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PM Tsipras to present new plan at eurozone summit |
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Debt crisis: Creditors press for new proposals |
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Greece finance minister quits |
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| Jul.5 |
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Debt crisis: Tsipras says voters made 'brave choice' |
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Debt crisis: Greek voters reject bailout offer With almost all the ballots counted, results from the Greek referendum show voters decisively rejecting the terms of an international bailout
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Polls close in bailout referendum |
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| Jul.4 |
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Greece debt: Greeks vote in bailout referendum |
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| Jul.3 |
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Greece crisis: Mass rival rallies over bailout vote. Athens
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Greece crisis: Tsipras urges 'No' to 'blackmail' |
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| Jul.2 |
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Greek crisis: Major rallies due ahead of vote |
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| Jun.30 |
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IMF payment missed as bailout expires Athens: Greece has missed the deadline for £1.1bn payment to the International Monetary Fund, hours after eurozone ministers refused to extend its b...
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| Jun.29 |
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Defiant Tsipras seeks referendum backing |
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No vote would mean euro exit, leaders warn |
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| Jun.28 |
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Greek debt crisis: Banks to remain shut all week Athens: The Greek government has confirmed that banks will be closed all week, after a decision by the European Central Bank not to extend emergency funding
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Greek banks will not open Monday |
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| Jun.27 |
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MPs back referendum on bailout |
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Greece crisis: Eurozone refuses bailout extension |
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Greece debt: Crisis meeting over bailout referendum |
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| Jun.20 |
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Greek debt: New proposals |
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| Jun.17 |
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Greece says deal on debt crisis unlikely at talks |
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| Feb.20 |
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Greece agrees deal with eurozone Brussels: Greece and eurozone nations have agreed a deal to extend financial aid after bailout talks in Brussels
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| Jan.25 |
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Greek poll winner vows to end 'pain'. Athens
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Greek exit polls suggest Syriza win| Athens: Two exit polls show anti-austerity Syriza party with a 12.5 percentage point lead over nearest party, New Demoracy, in Greece's general election. Far-right Golden Dawn and centrist The River came joint 3rd. Syriza... | |
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| Dec.28 |
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Italy ferry fire: Evacuation hampered by winds |
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| Sep.25 |
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Greek woman allegedly buried alive by accident, then died |
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| Oct.25 |
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Greek couple accused of buying Roma baby DNA from a girl taken by authorities from a Roma couple in Greece matches that of a Bulgarian couple who said they were the parents of the g...
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| Oct.20 |
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Authorities work to identify mystery girl found in Greece |
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| Jun.11 |
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Greece suspends state broadcaster The Greek government has shut down the public broadcaster ERT, calling it a 'haven of waste'
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| Nov.11 |
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Greece MPs approve new austerity budget Greek lawmakers have approved a 2013 budget involving fresh spending cuts, despite mass public street protests
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| Sep.26 |
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Athens clashes as Greek police fire tear gas
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| Jun.17 |
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Greek pro-bailout poll win hailed The narrow election victory of Greece's New Democracy party has been welcomed by world leaders, who urged Athens to form a cabinet quickly
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| May.27 |
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Lagarde tax jibe angers Greeks |
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| May.15 |
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Greece to hold new elections after stalemate
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| May.12 |
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Greece faces final coalition push |
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| May.8 |
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Greek leftist leader lays out radical agenda
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| Apr.4 |
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Greek clashes over man's suicide |
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| Mar.8 |
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Greece confirms debt deal success
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| Feb.12 |
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Amid clashes Parliament approves austerity Lawmakers voted to approve another round of austerity measures, sought in return for a new eurozone bailout of the debt-stricken country
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| Feb.9 |
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Greece leaders agree bailout cuts |
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| Nov.11 |
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Greece swears in unity coalition |
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| Nov.10 |
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Papademos named as new prime minister
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| Nov.6 |
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Greeks agree coalition government |
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| Nov.4 |
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Greece's PM wins confidence vote |
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| Nov.3 |
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Greek PM backs off plans for referendum
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Calls for Greek leader to resign |
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| Nov.2 |
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Bailout loan withheld from Greece |
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| Nov.1 |
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Greek vote casts shadow on debt deal |
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| Oct.31 |
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Greece to hold bailout referendum |
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| Oct.19 |
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Greece MPs back austerity plans. Athens
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Greek clashes amid general strike |
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| Oct.4 |
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Greece hit by new general strike |
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| Oct.2 |
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Greece to miss targets on deficit |
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| Jul.21 |
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Eurozone agrees new Greek bailout |
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| Jun.29 |
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Parliament's vote in favour of austerity The European Union has welcomed the Greek parliament's vote in favour of a severe austerity package that has sparked strikes and protests
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| Jun.28 |
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Greek protests turn ugly as strike begins |
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| Jun.27 |
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Greek unions stage general strike |
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| Jun.21 |
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Greek PM survives confidence vote |
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| Nov.3 |
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Greece suspends shipments after blasts |
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| May.5 |
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Three dead as Greek strike grows violent Athens: Police sirens and tear gas filled the streets around parliament building after protests against government. 3 people dying in a fire inside a...
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| May.4 |
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Tansport halts as strike extends
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| May.2 |
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Bailout worth $146 billion |
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| Apr.27 |
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Greek bonds rated 'junk' by S& P's |
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| Apr.24 |
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IMF chief tries to ease Greece fears |
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| Apr.11 |
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Greece is offered 30bn euros loan |
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| Mar.3 |
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Greece backs new round of tax rises
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| Mar.2 |
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Budget crisis is like wartime situation - PM Prime Minister George Papandreou has likened the country's budget crisis to a 'wartime situation' and said Greece was at risk of bankruptcy
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The EU had called for austerity measures
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| Feb.23 |
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Greece steeled for 24-hour strike |
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| Feb.10 |
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PM vows to slash huge government deficit
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| Oct.4 |
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Socialist Papandreou declared winner
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| Aug.24 |
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Firefighters get brief respite |
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| Aug.23 |
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Fire threat empties Athens suburb 
Map of Agios Stefanos Greece Residents of an entire Agios Stefanos have been ordered from their homes as out-of-control wildfires blaze around the Greek capital
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| Dec.10 |
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Strike adds to unrest |
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| Dec.9 |
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Protests as Athens funeral held |
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| Dec.8 |
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Greek cities hit by fresh rioting |
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| Dec.6 |
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Police shooting sparks riot Athens: Riots have broken out in several cities after police shot dead a teenager in Athens. Youths threw petrol bombs, burned cars
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| Jul.25 |
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Fire causes mass evacuations from resorts |
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| Mar.24 |
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Protest as Olympic torch is lit
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| Sep.16 |
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PM claims election victory
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| Aug.27 |
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Greece may label fires acts of terrorism |
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| Aug.26 |
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Fires inch closer to Olympic cradle |
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| Aug.25 |
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63 died from forest fires Map of Peloponnese Greece| The emergency workers continue to find the bodies of people burned to death by forest fires that are raging in the south of the country. Karamanlis: Fires may have been deliberately set ahead of national elections. The newspapers are calling the southern Pelopo... | |
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| Aug.24 |
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Fires kill 27 in southern Greece |
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| Apr.5 |
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1,200 rescued from cruise ship
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| May.23 |
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Greek, Turkish fighter jets crash |
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| Feb.11 |
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Deadly bird flu spreads in Europe. Italy
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| Aug.14 |
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Cypriot jet crashes; 121 dead. Athens
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| Aug.29 |
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Olympics: Games Close. Athens
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| Aug.13 |
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Glittering opening for Olympics| The Games returned to their birthplace after 108 years with a glittering ceremony that featured more than 4,000 performers. The ceremony set to put to memory construction delays and doping scandals. President Stephanopoulos opened the Games. 75,000 spectators... | |
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| Jul.5 |
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Greece win Euro 2004 over Portugal |
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| May.4 |
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Bombs hit Athens police station |
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| Jun. 10, 1921 |
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Prince Philip born The husband of Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-serving consort of a reigning British monarch and the oldest-ever male member of the British...
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Kemal Ataturk born Map of Thessaloniki Greece| Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, an army officer, revolutionary, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey | |
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| Feb. 3, 1830 |
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Greece declared independence London: The Greek War of Independence was a successful war of independence waged by the Greek revolutionaries between 1821 and 1832
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Battle of Lepanto A fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of southern European Catholic maritime states decisively defeated the fleet of the Ottoman Empire
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