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2014
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Greece, January 2014
Greece, February 2014
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Athens
Greek Debt Crisis
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| Jan.26 |
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5.8-magnitude quake hits Greek island A very strong earthquake of a preliminary 5.8-magnitude has hit near the town of Lixouri on the island at 17 kilometers below the surface
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| Feb.2 |
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Strong quake hits western Greek isle of Kefalonia Map of Kefalonia Greece A earthquake with a magnitude of between 5.9 and 6.1 has hit just over a week after a similar quake damaged dozens of buildings across the island
| Feb.15 |
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4.6 magnitude quake hits Greek island A strong earthquake, of 4.6 magnitude, has hit the western Greek island of Kephalonia. No damage has been reported
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| Apr.4 |
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Quake rattles southern Greece; no initial reports of injuries Preliminary magnitude of 5.7 rattled southern Greece and was widely felt in the capital, Athens, at 11:08 p.m. local time
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| May.5 |
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Migrants die as two boats capsize off Greek island At least 22 people have drowned and 10 more are missing after two boats carrying migrants capsized off the Greek island of Samos
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| Jun.14 |
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Colombia rolls Greece Jose Pekerman’s side overcame the loss of injured idol Radamel Falcao Garcia to comfortably beat a stubborn but limited Greece side 3-0
| Jun.19 |
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Japan and 10-man Greece played out stalemate Japan 0-0 Greece. The stalemate that keeps alive both teams' chances of progressing from Group C
| Jun.24 |
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Greece tops Ivory Coast on controversial penalty Georgios Samaras scored an injury-time penalty to put Greece into the second round of the World Cup with a 2-1 win over Ivory Coast
| Jun.29 |
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Costa Rica go through on penalties over Greece Map of Recife Brazil The game had finished 1-1 after normal time following Sokratis Papastathopoulos's injury-time equaliser for Greece | |
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| Jul.1 |
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Greek authorities rescue 140 migrants in crippled boat Greek authorities say they have rescued 140 people whose boat broke down in the Aegean Sea as they were trying to enter the country illegall
| Jul.12 |
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House burned down, several others in danger from wildfire southeast of Athens The fire broke out early Saturday afternoon in a forested area in the hills west of Keratea, 40 kilometers (25 miles) southeast of Athens
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| Aug.28 |
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Quake rattles southern Greece, widely felt in Athens There were no immediate reports of damage or injury and no tsunami warnings; a preliminary magnitude of 5.6
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| Sep.25 |
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Greek woman allegedly buried alive by accident, then died Map of Peraia Thessaloniki Greece Police are investigating a cemetery worker's testimony that a woman revived in her grave shortly after being buried and called for help | |
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| Oct.5 |
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4 dead, at least 23 injured in highway pileup Map of Egnatia Highway Greece Greek authorities say four people have been killed and at least 23 injured when a truck caused a pileup on the Egnatia Highway in northern Greece
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| Nov.7 |
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Train kills 2 immigrants near Greek-Turkish border Map of THESSALONIKI Greece 2 men, believed to have been Syrian refugees who entered the country illegally, have been hit by a train and killed close to Greece's eastern border
| Nov.8 |
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5.1-magnitude quake hits western Greece Map of Cephalonia Greece A strong tremor has hit just west of the island of Cephalonia in the Ionian Sea at 1:15 a.m. and had its epicenter 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) underwater
| Nov.25 |
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Hundreds of migrants on crippled ship off Crete Map of Crete Greece Ships from Greece rushed to help after a crippled freighter crammed with hundreds of migrants floundered for hours in high waves
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| Dec.28 |
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Italy ferry fire: Evacuation hampered by winds Map of Corfu Greece One person died while attempting to escape a blazing ferry stranded in the Adriatic Sea. Gale-force winds and choppy seas hampered the evacuation | |
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Scores await rescue from Italy ferry Map of Corfu Greece More than 250 people are still awaiting rescue from a ferry that caught fire off Corfu. Rescue operations are continuing despite massive waves | |
| Dec.29 |
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Italy ferry death toll rises to 10 Map of Corfu Greece The death toll following a fire on the Norman Atlantic ferry off Corfu has risen to 10, with the evacuation of all those on board now complete | |
| Dec.31 |
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Hundreds rescued from migrant ship Map of Gallipoli Italy Almost 1,000 migrants have been rescued from a cargo ship found adrift in Greek waters, the Red Cross says
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