Greek forest fire close to Athens
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Firefighters battle to contain a major forest fire near the suburbs of the Greek capital, Athens.
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Greece's worst forest fires in decades have killed 41 people in the past 24 hours and more are feared dead in villages still cut off by flames sweeping parts of the Peloponnese peninsula, officials said on Saturday.
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The last major fire in southern Greece has been brought under control after flaring up again over the weekend, fire officials said Sunday.
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Some forest fires still burn in southern Greece but rain from the north is expected to bring some relief.
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NASA releases a dramatic satellite image depicting the fires burning in Greece. Huge plumes of smoke drift across the southern part of the country into the Mediterranean.
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Thousands of Greeks queue for government aid after the country's worst forest fires for decades.
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ZACHARO, Greece  - The Greek government declared a nationwide state of emergency on Saturday after raging forest fires killed at least 46 people and trapped many more in villages surrounded by flames.
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A state of emergency is declared by Greece's PM, amid a rising death toll from forest fires.
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ZACHARO, Greece  - Forest fires sweeping Greece have killed 44 people in two days and more were feared dead in villages cut off by towering flames on Saturday in what the government called a national tragedy.
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Record temperatures in Greece spark more than 100 forest fires as a heatwave scorches south-east Europe.
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Foreign firefighters and aircraft joined the battle Tuesday against blazes in southern Greece, and officials expressed optimism that wildfires burning some of the country's lushest landscape could be brought under partial control.
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At least 15 people are feared killed in southern Greece, on the deadliest day of wildfires this year.
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Greek forest fires that have killed 47 people in the past three days are approaching the archaeological site of ancient Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic games, the fire department said on Sunday.
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ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece  - Firefighters saved the temples and stadiums of ancient Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic Games, from forest fires which razed nearby villages and took the death toll from Greece's three-day inferno to 60.
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ZACHARO, Greece  - Fire brigades, battling forest blazes across Greece, on Sunday began evacuating villages near ancient Olympia, site of the first Olympic games.
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With wildfires raging across the countryside, Greece's government said it has enlisted intelligence and counterterrorism agents to foil what it sees as a deliberate plan by arsonists to destroy Greek forests.
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KRESTENA, Greece  - The battle against raging forest fires that have killed 63 Greeks and made thousands homeless entered its fifth day as opposition parties accused the government of incompetence in handling the crisis.