Greece signs over to Beijing
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ATHENS - The 2004 Olympic Games officially came to an end in Athens with a spectacular closing ceremony yesterday. Greek music and dance kicked off an evening of celebration before the flame was extinguished and the flag lowered.
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It was a glorious surprise, igniting a party complete with song and dance: The Greeks won the first gold medal of their hometown Olympics with an unexpected victory last night in synchronized diving.
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Latest estimates of the costs of hosting the Athens Olympics put them at up to $10bn - a huge amount for a small country like Greece, once the poorest in the EU.
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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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If the welcome home party was grand, the send-off was equally spectacular as Athens bid a fabulous farewell to the world&#39;s 10,500-odd sportspersons from a record 202 countries that assembled in Athens for the Olympic Games which concluded on Sunday night.
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ATHENS - After welcoming the Olympic Games back home for the first time in 108 years, Greece tonight bade them a joyous farewell at a colourful closing ceremony at Olympic Stadium.
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Their success at the Games could be a catalyst for change in Greece.
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The Olympic hosts are winning rave reviews after the first week of the Athens Games, with foreign visitors expressing delight with the friendly, clean and well-organised Greek capital.
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Sport finally took center stage at the  Olympics on Thursday after almost a week of headlines dominated  by a drug-testing drama that tarnished Greece's image.
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Greece tried to pass the Olympics baton off to Beijing on Sunday night, but it was a tough job. The Chinese are way ahead of the curve already.
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ATHENS, Greece - If anyone deserved a party, it was the people of Athens.    The flame went out on the Olympics during a closing ceremony Sunday night that honored the birthplace of the games with an ebullient display of Greek pride and symbolism, a relief-filled celebration of the ancient and the new...
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A new centre-right government takes office in Greece, after PM Costas Karamanlis's election win.
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Two of 12 new Beijing Olympic venues have been completed and could be handed over to officials as early as next week.
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By MATT MOORE    ATHENS, Greece  -- Amid the roar of the crowd, the silence of the phones can be deafening. As thousands of athletes, spectators, journalists, officials and more descend on the Greek capital ahead of the Aug...
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BEIJING : As the Olympic flame leaves Athens, the eyes of the sporting world are turning towards Beijing. When China hosts the games for the first time in 2008, it will cap an extraordinary 30-year journey
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Chinese authorities say they have set up a special military unit to provide security for the Beijing Olympics.
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The flame went out on the Olympics during a closing ceremony Sunday night that honored the birthplace of the games with an ebullient display of Greek pride and symbolism, a relief-filled celebration of the ancient and the new.