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Sunken Village Emerges Amidst Greece's Record Drought
Record-breaking temperatures and prolonged drought in Greece have exposed a sunken village in Athens' main reservoir for the first time in 30 years.
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Flood-Hit Greece Steps Up Rescue Efforts As Several Still Missing
Firefighters backed by the army were rescuing hundreds of people Saturday in villages in central Greece blocked off by floods that have claimed at least 10 lives.
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18 Bodies Found In Villages Hit By Wildfires In Northern Greece
Eighteen burned bodies, possibly migrants, were found on Tuesday in a rural area in northern Greece where wildfires were burning out of control for a fourth day, authorities said, as gale force winds fanned blazes across the country.
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In This Greek Island, Women Hold Power
"Here it is women who command!" declared Rigopoula Pavlidis, as she sang the virtues of her remote village on the island of Karpathos, one of Greece's rare matriarchal societies.
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Four Dead In Cyprus' Worst Forest Fire In Decades
A huge forest blaze raging in Cyprus has killed four people, destroyed homes and forced evacuations of villages as Greece, Israel and other countries deployed fire-fighting aircraft to the Mediterranean island.
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Greece Villages Evacuated As Forest Fires Rage, 62 Fire Engines, 17 Planes Deployed
Scores of Greek villagers were evacuated early Thursday as a forest fire raged overnight around the protected wildlife habitat of Mount Geraneia, the fire department said, with no injuries immediately reported.
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Massive Wildfire On Greek Island, Several Villages Evacuated
Firefighters on the Greek island of Evia were still battling Wednesday to contain a fire that has caused massive damage to a pristine mountain wildlife habitat after threatening four communities.
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Smoke From Greek Island Ravaged By Wildfires Reaches Athens
A large wildfire fanned by strong winds burned tracts of pine forest on the Greek island of Evia, firefighters said on Tuesday, with evacuation ordered of two villages in the path of the flames.
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Greek Wildfire Kills At Least 50 Near Athens, Families Flee To Beaches
A wildfire killed at least 50 people and injured more than 150 as it swept through a small resort town near Athens, with huge flames trapping families with children as they fled.
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Villages Evacuated in Greece as Strong Winds Fan Wildfire
At least two villages were evacuated in Greece's southern Peloponnese peninsula, officials said today as a large wildfire broke out in the early morning, fanned by strong winds.
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70 years on, Greeks Awaiting Justice in Nazi Massacre Village
Loukas Sehremelis was just 12 years old when Nazi troops burst into his house in the Greek village of Distomo, shooting and killing indiscriminately.
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Authorities Evacuate People as Flash Floods Hit Greece
Flash floods caused by heavy rains have submerged large areas in northwestern Greece, forcing authorities to evacuate hundreds of people from several villages in the Epirus region.
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On Outskirts of Europe, Help from Brussels Appreciated
The European Union flag has often been put to the torch on the protest-hit streets of Athens -- but in poorer towns and villages across Greece Brussels folk get a warmer reception.
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In Greece, a painful return to country roots
As Greece sank into its worst economic crisis since World War Two, the youth face a simple choice: be stranded without money in Athens, or return to the geriatric village
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Sunken Village Emerges Amidst Greece's Record Drought
Record-breaking temperatures and prolonged drought in Greece have exposed a sunken village in Athens' main reservoir for the first time in 30 years.
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Flood-Hit Greece Steps Up Rescue Efforts As Several Still Missing
Firefighters backed by the army were rescuing hundreds of people Saturday in villages in central Greece blocked off by floods that have claimed at least 10 lives.
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18 Bodies Found In Villages Hit By Wildfires In Northern Greece
Eighteen burned bodies, possibly migrants, were found on Tuesday in a rural area in northern Greece where wildfires were burning out of control for a fourth day, authorities said, as gale force winds fanned blazes across the country.
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In This Greek Island, Women Hold Power
"Here it is women who command!" declared Rigopoula Pavlidis, as she sang the virtues of her remote village on the island of Karpathos, one of Greece's rare matriarchal societies.
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Four Dead In Cyprus' Worst Forest Fire In Decades
A huge forest blaze raging in Cyprus has killed four people, destroyed homes and forced evacuations of villages as Greece, Israel and other countries deployed fire-fighting aircraft to the Mediterranean island.
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Greece Villages Evacuated As Forest Fires Rage, 62 Fire Engines, 17 Planes Deployed
Scores of Greek villagers were evacuated early Thursday as a forest fire raged overnight around the protected wildlife habitat of Mount Geraneia, the fire department said, with no injuries immediately reported.
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Massive Wildfire On Greek Island, Several Villages Evacuated
Firefighters on the Greek island of Evia were still battling Wednesday to contain a fire that has caused massive damage to a pristine mountain wildlife habitat after threatening four communities.
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Smoke From Greek Island Ravaged By Wildfires Reaches Athens
A large wildfire fanned by strong winds burned tracts of pine forest on the Greek island of Evia, firefighters said on Tuesday, with evacuation ordered of two villages in the path of the flames.
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Greek Wildfire Kills At Least 50 Near Athens, Families Flee To Beaches
A wildfire killed at least 50 people and injured more than 150 as it swept through a small resort town near Athens, with huge flames trapping families with children as they fled.
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Villages Evacuated in Greece as Strong Winds Fan Wildfire
At least two villages were evacuated in Greece's southern Peloponnese peninsula, officials said today as a large wildfire broke out in the early morning, fanned by strong winds.
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70 years on, Greeks Awaiting Justice in Nazi Massacre Village
Loukas Sehremelis was just 12 years old when Nazi troops burst into his house in the Greek village of Distomo, shooting and killing indiscriminately.
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Authorities Evacuate People as Flash Floods Hit Greece
Flash floods caused by heavy rains have submerged large areas in northwestern Greece, forcing authorities to evacuate hundreds of people from several villages in the Epirus region.
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On Outskirts of Europe, Help from Brussels Appreciated
The European Union flag has often been put to the torch on the protest-hit streets of Athens -- but in poorer towns and villages across Greece Brussels folk get a warmer reception.
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In Greece, a painful return to country roots
As Greece sank into its worst economic crisis since World War Two, the youth face a simple choice: be stranded without money in Athens, or return to the geriatric village
