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Remote monks resist eviction The expulsion was ordered for opposition to reconciliation with Catholic church
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Prestige captain on $3m bail The Greek captain of the sunken oil tanker left a jail after nearly 3 months following the posting of a bond
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14 die in bus plunge The bus crashed through double barriers and plunged into the Aliakmon river. 8 injured, a child missing
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Tight security at N17 terror trial Defense lawyers made a motion to remove the glass-enclosed area, set up to protect the defendants
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| Mar.28 |
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Turkish passenger plane hijacked| A plane hijacked after it left Istanbul has landed in Athens. Fjackers were demanding that the plane fly to Germany | |
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 Turkish hijack ends peacefully 20-year-old Ozgur Gencaslas has been arrested at Athens airport, after all the passengers and crew were released
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 Bus accident kills 21 A bus carrying high school students crashed on a mountain road, killing 21 people and injuring at least 23 others
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Violence erupts near EU summit| Demonstrations against the war in Iraq clashed with police, torched banks and smashed shopfronts | |
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  EU leaders build bridges over Iraq Leaders formally accept 10 new members into the bloc
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 EU backs 'central' U.N. Iraq role Leaders said that the EU and the United Nations must have significant roles in rebuilding Iraq
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 EU leaders welcome constitution Some leaders objected to restrictions on national vetoes and to the omission of any reference to Christianity
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Greece seizes explosives ship| Special forces boarded a ship loaded with 680 tonnes of explosives as it sailed through Greek territorial waters | |
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 Sudan link to Greek mystery ship An explosives-laden ship had documents linking it to a non-existent firm based in Sudan
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 Mystery ship in 'extortion bid' A ship carrying the equivalent of an 'atomic bomb' in explosives from Tunisia to Sudan may have veered off course
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 Ex-Russian media mogul Gusinsky arrested Vladimir Gusinsky, 50, was wanted by Russian authorities on fraud and money laundering charges
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Strikes paralyze Athens Police, taxi drivers, coast guards, firefighters, doctors all protesting against low wages and poor benefits
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Twins joined at temple separated 4-month-old twins, a boy and a girl, from Greece were successfully separated during surgery
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November 17 leader found guilty| A court in Athens has found leaders of the terrorist group guilty after a 9-month trial | |
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N17 leader, hitman jailed for life| The head of the radical November 17 organisation has been jailed for life, as has the group's main hitman | |
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