Some won, some lost, but Greece triumphed over all
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ATHENS - We owe them an apology, oh yes we do. The Greeks pulled off the Olympic Games after we said they did not have a prayer, and now there&#39;s but one way to make it right: The Summer Games belong here
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SAITAMA, Japan  - Despite suffering a demoralizing   defeat by a brilliant Greece at the world basketball   championship, the United States are looking long-term.
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ATHENS, Greece - This country has long been seen as a patriarchal society. But the critical role played by two women in the success of the Olympic Games shows how much that society is changing.
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ATHENS, Greece  Their own country has a hard time celebrating a silver medal. If it isn&#39;t gold, it&#39;s symbolic of second place or third place, and that&#39;s just not the American way when it comes to the Olympic Games.
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Nobody heard the American players exhale when the buzzer sounded to end a 77-71 victory, because 12,000 delirious fans saluted Greece, the home team that had come close.
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In the world of sports, when a great feat is accomplished, sometimes it takes a while for everything to set in and for people to gain a full appreciation for what just transpired.
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Turkey&#39;s ruling AK Party on Monday  celebrated its decisive victory in a parliamentary election,  but strong nationalist gains dented its majority and could  hamper reforms crucial to its European Union bid.
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A damaged Albanian car is seen in central Athens, early Sunday, Sept. 5, 2004 . Greek and Albanians soccer fans fought across the country, following a loss by European champion Greece in a World Cup qualifier in Tirana.
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ATHENS, Greece -- There was room for one error -- maybe two -- in the Olympic women&#39;s gymnastics final, but not three.
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In the end, it didn't matter which dream teams the other countries brought &#151; Greece had its own during the closing ceremony. An all-star lineup of Greek pop icons had Olympic Stadium rocking Sunday night with classic songs and new hits amid glittering fireworks, clouds of confetti and balloons.
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ATHENS - Greece woke up to the Olympics last night, the spirit as it swayed to the music of Zorba&#39;s Dance in the Olympic Stadium so infectious, so tantalizing that the finalists in the 100 meters joined in, acting more like dancers than runners minutes
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Kosovo won the recognition of the United States and its biggest Western European allies, but was rejected by other states facing their own separatist movements.
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Greece's Fani Halkia thrills the Athens crowd with victory in the 400m hurdles.
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ATHENS  The US men&#39;s basketball team&#39;s unimpressive 77-71 victory vs. Greece on Tuesday illustrated that its loss to Puerto Rico was not a fluke.
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Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova's party won general elections, boycotted by ethnic Serbs, but fell short of winning an overall majority to form a government by itself, estimates by independent observers showed.
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When I compare the current attack of the Olympics with the original Games in ancient Greece, a theme emerges. Back then, athletes were occasionally disemboweled and those who stepped over the line were flogged.
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SAITAMA, Japan  - Greece produced a sensational   win over the United States to reach the world basketball   championship final on Friday.