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Conservatives sweep to power Conservatives try to reclaim power after 10 years and turn around the preparations for the Olympics
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New PM vows best Olympics |
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| Mar.25 |
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Flame lit for Olympic torch |
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| Apr.30 |
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Orthodox church split with Greece
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| May.4 |
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Bombs hit Athens police station| 3 bombs have exploded outside a heavily-guarded police station, in a series of timed blasts | |
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| May.5 |
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'No Olympic link' to Greek blasts |
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| May.9 |
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Olympics work anxiety grows |
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| May.12 |
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IOC: No doubts over Athens Games
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| Jun.12 |
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Greece stun Euro 2004 hosts
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| Jun.25 |
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Greece shock France
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| Jul.1 |
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Greece reach final over Czech Rep
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| Jul.5 |
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Greece win Euro 2004 over Portugal| A 57th minute goal from Angelos Charisteas gave Greece a 1-0 victory in one of the biggest upsets in international football | |
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Greece welcomes back squad
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| Jul.6 |
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Olympics hotels face strike threat Hotel workers in Athens are threatening to go on strike during the Olympic games next month
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| Aug.12 |
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Iraq stun Portugal |
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Stars hurt in crash Olympic stars Kederis and Thanou have been injured in a road accident and taken to hospital
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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 inside the Olympic Stadium were joined by an estimated global TV audience of 4 billion. 10,500 athletes were competing under 202 flags
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| Aug.14 |
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Du Li wins first gold of Games
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Phelps strikes gold |
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Sprinters suspended |
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| Aug.15 |
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'Dream team' beaten by Puerto Rico |
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| Aug.16 |
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Thorpe torpedoes his world rivals |
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| Aug.17 |
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Kenteris protests innocence |
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Phelps strikes gold, misses record |
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| Aug.18 |
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Gymnast Hamm win all-around title |
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Greek sprinters pull out of Games |
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Van den Hoogenband wins 100 meters
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| Aug.19 |
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Five weightlifters fail drug tests
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Patterson made gold in all-around The 16-year-old dynamo beat Russian superstar Khorkina. She is the first U.S. woman to win the all-around since 1984
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Phelps banks his 4th gold medal |
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| Aug.20 |
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Greek team member fails drugs test
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Phelps wins gold medal number 5
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Bekele ends reign of Gebrselassie
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| Aug.21 |
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Pinsent claims fourth rowing gold
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Phelps got record-tying 8th medal| Phelps medals tied Soviet gymnast Dityatin's record at the boycotted 1980 Moscow Games | |
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Nesterenko takes women's 100m gold
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| Aug.22 |
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Dope tests 'catch medallists' A Greek Olympian has been stripped of his bronze medal, and a Russian gold medallist has also failed a test
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Noguchi won women's marathon
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Gatlin guns to 100m glory Justin Gatlin ran 9.85 seconds to take a brilliant gold in one of the greatest sprint races of all time
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Massu claims second gold in a day
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Athletics hat-trick for Sweden
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| Aug.23 |
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Shot put Korzhanenko stripped of gold The winner of women's shot put has been stripped of her gold medal after failing a drugs test.
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Rumpus hits gymnastic final
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Holmes strikes gold in track drama
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| Aug.24 |
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El Guerrouj grabs his Olympic gold
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| Aug.25 |
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First ever gold medal for Israel
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Austrian Allen wins triathlon gold
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Halkia win sends Athens crowd wild
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| Aug.26 |
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Crawford stormed to victory in 200m The race will be remembered for the remarkable behaviour of the crowd
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Grael claims fifth medal
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U.S. women win gold medal in OT
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| Aug.27 |
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Fischer on course for medal record
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| Aug.28 |
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Men's Basketball: Argentina Beats Italy Argentina is beating Italy 84-69 to win the Olympic men's title for the first time
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British Stun U.S. in Sprint Relay Britain took a shock gold in the men's Olympic 4x100 meters relay, pipping favorites by one hundredth of a second
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U.S. Women Win Basketball Gold The team took their 3rd consecutive gold medal in Olympics, beating Australia 74-63
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United States Retains Both 4x400 Titles Individual champion Jeremy Wariner running the third leg for the men's team
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China Grabs 1st Men's Gold in Track Liu Xiang, 21, took the men's 110 meters hurdles in a world record-equaling time
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| Aug.29 |
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Olympics: Games Close| Greece staged an exuberant closing ceremony to bring the curtain down on the Athens Games | |
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Argentina claims soccer gold The team beat Paraguay 1-0
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Spectator bundled marathon lider Cornelius Horan, an Irish former priest ran onto the course and bundled Vanderlei de Lima into the crowd
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El Guerrouj, Holmes claim doubles Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj won the 5,000 meters to add to his 1,500 title. Holmes win both the 800 and 1,500 meters
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| Sep.11 |
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Top cleric feared killed in helicopter crash Patriarch of Alexandria, a top leader of the Greek Orthodox church, was among feared killed off northern Greece
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| Nov.18 |
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Sprinters on drugs charges
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| Dec.15 |
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Bus Hijack Siege Ends, Gunmen Surrender All 23 passengers were safely freed and two Albanian gunmen who had demanded a $1 million ransom surrendered
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