Greek Opposition Cries Foul Over Florida Consulate
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Greece's socialist opposition accused the conservative government on Thursday of rushing through a decision to open a new consulate in the swing state of Florida to help President Bush win re-election.
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A group calling itself âVietnam Veterans Against McCainâ sent out a negative mailing in South Carolina.
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Greek activists have hoisted a massive banner on the Acropolis against the scheduled visit of US Secretary of State Colin Powell, due in Athens for the Olympics this weekend.
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GREEK national pride, which can be sensitive at the best of times, has been doubly bruised by claims this week that the founders of Western civilisation have raised cheating to new levels.
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THESSALONIKI, GreeceâSaying their &quot;occupied&quot; country should not be held up as a symbol of freedom, the coach and several players of Iraq&#39;s celebrated soccer team are furious over a campaign commercial for US President George W. Bush.
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Greece said on Wednesday it would not cede even slightly its sovereignty to Turkey, after accusing Ankara of almost daily violations of its air and maritime space in the past few days.
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The government came under increasing criticism Tuesday over whether it intensified Greeksâ fears about who might be to blame for fires that tore through scores of villages.
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Thousands of Greeks protest against the political response to recent wildfires, which have killed 63 people.
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Macedonia's opposition complained of "fraud" after a referendum to overturn EU-backed legislation giving more autonomy to the country's ethnic Albanian minority failed due to low turnout.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Protesters in Greece are claiming victory after Secretary of State Colin Powell canceled his trip to the closing ceremonies at the Olympics.
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Athens protests as the US decides to use the name 'Macedonia' for Greece's northern neighbour.
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Lawmakers criticized Europeans for supporting charities linked to Hamas and Hezbollah on Tuesday, with one saying it was like doing business with the "political wing of the Nazi party" while rejecting the military wing.
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The Florida Democratic Party accused Secretary of State Glenda Hood of violating federal law when she told elections supervisors across the state that they should reject incomplete voter-registration forms.
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What began as a peaceful protest ended in ugly scenes in the centre of Athens&#39; tourist district as police blocked marchers from taking their demonstration against US foreign policy to the door of the American embassy.
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The State Department's decision to deny visas to 65 Cuban scholars seeking to attend a conference in Las Vegas drew protests Wednesday from Congress and academia.
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ATHENS (Der Spiegel) - According to recent reports resulting from October fact-finding missions conducted by the German Working Group on Refugees, Pro Asyl, and the Greek Group, Lawyers for the Rights of Refugees and Migrants, the Greek coast guard has not only been rejecting but torturing asylum seekers that are arriving in ever greater numbers on the Aegean coast.  Refugee organisations are demanding a response at the European level. ...refugee seekers' boats, often barely afloat, are being forced out of Greece's territorial waters. Some passengers are being set ashore on uninhabited islands on the Turkish Greek border region, provided with no water or food... It is hardly a secret that Greece has shown reluctance recently to accept refugees and asylum seekers. Earlier this year, the Mediterranean country was lampooned for the fact that it turned down almost all of the asylum applications it received from Iraqis fleeing violence back home.  But now it looks as though Greece may be in blatant violation of human rights norms. Reports released this month by Greek and German refugee organisations suggest that the Greek coast guard in the Aegean Sea has been systematically maltreating and obstructing asylum seekers arriving on their shores. Fact-finding missions conducted in summer and October of 2007 by Pro Asyl and Lawyers for the Rights of Refugees and Migrants found that refugee seekers' boats, often barely afloat, are being forced out of Greece's territorial waters. Some passengers are being set ashore on uninhabited islands on the Turkish Greek border region, provided with no water or food.  The investigative missions visited three detention centers on Greek islands and found the conditions to be "degrading and inhuman." In one case, on the island of Chios, there were reports of electric shock treatments, mock executions and beatings. In an independent report, the Greek branch of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), described the detention center on Samos, an island less than two kilometers from the Turkish coast, as being "deplorable" and demanded that the government close it down. Fully 391 people were found living in a room designed for 120. The staff consisted of one doctor, one social worker and a caretaker. Read more...
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Greek police hurled tear gas on Friday  to disperse demonstrators marching on the U.S. embassy in  Athens to protest against a visit by Secretary of State Colin  Powell to the Olympics this weekend.