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1 Killed, 2 Injured In Rare Shooting At Greek Shipping Company: Report
At least one man was killed and two wounded during a rare shooting incident at a Greek shipping company in Athens on Monday, police sources and state television ERT reported.
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22-Year-Old Fan Stabbed To Death In Brawl Before UEFA Champions League Match In Greece
A Greek football fan was stabbed to death on the outskirts of Athens during a brawl between rival club supporters, with 96 people arrested in violent clashes, police said Tuesday.
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Foreigner Arrested For Allegedly Starting Greece Wildfire: Report
Greek police on Monday arrested a man suspected of starting an ongoing wildfire near Athens fuelled by a heatwave and strong winds, firefighters said.
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Cocaine Worth 3.2 Million Euros Found In Banana Containers In Greece
Police in northern Greece have seized dozens of packages of cocaine stashed in containers laden with bananas that had been shipped from Latin America, they said on Saturday.
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Homemade Bombs Target Italian Embassy Cars In Athens: Report
Two explosive devices targeted cars belonging to the Italian embassy in Greece on Friday, one of which went off causing no injuries, Greek police said.
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"Where Are We Going To Go?" Residents Flee As Fires Reach Athens Suburbs
Yorgos Papaioannou spent four hours using a garden hose to try to save his newly-built home from a blazing wildfire, until police patrolling his suburb north of Athens ordered him and his girlfriend to leave.
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20-Year-Old Woman Murdered In Front Of Her Infant In Greece
Three thieves strangled a young mother in front of her 11-month-old child on Tuesday after breaking into her home in an Athens suburb and tying up her husband, police said.
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Thousands Gather Outside Court In Greece Amid Trial Of Neo-Nazi Party
More than 8,000 people gathered Wednesday outside a Greek courthouse for the verdicts in the trial of leaders of the neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn, police told AFP.
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Grenade Blast Outside Russian Consulate In Greece: Police
A grenade exploded early Friday outside the Russian consulate in Athens without hurting anyone, police said, an attack typical of domestic far-left groups.
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Blast Outside Athens Church; Police Officer, Caretaker Injured
A homemade explosive device went off early Thursday in front of a church in central Athens injuring its caretaker and a police officer, the police said. The explosion happened at 7:10 am (0510 GMT) in the upmarket Kolonaki area, they added.
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Small Explosion Outside French Embassy In Athens, Police Say
Unidentified attackers on a motorcycle threw an explosive device at the French embassy in central Athens early on Thursday, wounding a guard, police said, in an attack that came less than a week before US President Barack Obama visits the city.
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Turkish Coup Suspects In Athens For Asylum Verdict
Eight Turkish military officers who fled last week's failed coup to Greece were moved to Athens on today, a police source said, where authorities will examine their asylum pleas.
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Turkish Military Helicopter Lands In Greece, 8 Request Asylum
A Turkish military helicopter landed in Greece today carrying eight men seeking asylum after a coup bid, Greek police said.
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Police Fire Tear Gas At Protesters Outside Greek Parliament: Report
Greek riot police on Sunday fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators who threw Molotov cocktails during an anti-austerity protest outside parliament in Athens, local media reported, as lawmakers prepared to vote on a controversial tax and pensions overhaul.
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Protesting Greek Farmers Clash With Riot Police
Clashes broke out outside the Agriculture Ministry in central Athens on Friday as thousands of farmers from across Greece headed to the Greek capital for a two-day protest against the government's plans to impose new tax hikes and reform the pension system.
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1 Killed, 2 Injured In Rare Shooting At Greek Shipping Company: Report
At least one man was killed and two wounded during a rare shooting incident at a Greek shipping company in Athens on Monday, police sources and state television ERT reported.
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22-Year-Old Fan Stabbed To Death In Brawl Before UEFA Champions League Match In Greece
A Greek football fan was stabbed to death on the outskirts of Athens during a brawl between rival club supporters, with 96 people arrested in violent clashes, police said Tuesday.
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Foreigner Arrested For Allegedly Starting Greece Wildfire: Report
Greek police on Monday arrested a man suspected of starting an ongoing wildfire near Athens fuelled by a heatwave and strong winds, firefighters said.
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Cocaine Worth 3.2 Million Euros Found In Banana Containers In Greece
Police in northern Greece have seized dozens of packages of cocaine stashed in containers laden with bananas that had been shipped from Latin America, they said on Saturday.
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Homemade Bombs Target Italian Embassy Cars In Athens: Report
Two explosive devices targeted cars belonging to the Italian embassy in Greece on Friday, one of which went off causing no injuries, Greek police said.
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"Where Are We Going To Go?" Residents Flee As Fires Reach Athens Suburbs
Yorgos Papaioannou spent four hours using a garden hose to try to save his newly-built home from a blazing wildfire, until police patrolling his suburb north of Athens ordered him and his girlfriend to leave.
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20-Year-Old Woman Murdered In Front Of Her Infant In Greece
Three thieves strangled a young mother in front of her 11-month-old child on Tuesday after breaking into her home in an Athens suburb and tying up her husband, police said.
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Thousands Gather Outside Court In Greece Amid Trial Of Neo-Nazi Party
More than 8,000 people gathered Wednesday outside a Greek courthouse for the verdicts in the trial of leaders of the neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn, police told AFP.
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Grenade Blast Outside Russian Consulate In Greece: Police
A grenade exploded early Friday outside the Russian consulate in Athens without hurting anyone, police said, an attack typical of domestic far-left groups.
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Blast Outside Athens Church; Police Officer, Caretaker Injured
A homemade explosive device went off early Thursday in front of a church in central Athens injuring its caretaker and a police officer, the police said. The explosion happened at 7:10 am (0510 GMT) in the upmarket Kolonaki area, they added.
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Small Explosion Outside French Embassy In Athens, Police Say
Unidentified attackers on a motorcycle threw an explosive device at the French embassy in central Athens early on Thursday, wounding a guard, police said, in an attack that came less than a week before US President Barack Obama visits the city.
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Turkish Coup Suspects In Athens For Asylum Verdict
Eight Turkish military officers who fled last week's failed coup to Greece were moved to Athens on today, a police source said, where authorities will examine their asylum pleas.
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Turkish Military Helicopter Lands In Greece, 8 Request Asylum
A Turkish military helicopter landed in Greece today carrying eight men seeking asylum after a coup bid, Greek police said.
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Police Fire Tear Gas At Protesters Outside Greek Parliament: Report
Greek riot police on Sunday fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators who threw Molotov cocktails during an anti-austerity protest outside parliament in Athens, local media reported, as lawmakers prepared to vote on a controversial tax and pensions overhaul.
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Protesting Greek Farmers Clash With Riot Police
Clashes broke out outside the Agriculture Ministry in central Athens on Friday as thousands of farmers from across Greece headed to the Greek capital for a two-day protest against the government's plans to impose new tax hikes and reform the pension system.
