Greek villages trapped in fires
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KRESTENA, Greece  - Desperate Greek villages encircled by flames appealed for help on Monday as strong winds continued to fan forest fires sweeping through the country, killing 63 people in three days.
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ZACHARO, Greece  - Forest fires that have killed 61 people in Greece raged for a fourth day on Monday, with at least 89 blazes still burning across the country as strong winds fanned flames and hampered fire-fighting efforts.
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Firefighters in Northern Greece struggle to control forest fires raging for third day.
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ZAHARO, Greece, Aug. 25 -- Fires pushed by gale-force winds tore through more parched forests, swallowed villages and scorched the edges of Athens on Saturday, with ashes raining onto the Acropolis. The death toll rose to at least 49 as the government declared a nationwide state of emergency.
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Forest fires that have killed at least 46 people continued to burn out of control, leaving some villages trapped within walls of flames.
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Fires that have killed about 50 people and devastated much of Greece near the ancient ruins of Olympia.
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Power blackouts hit 13 locations in Athens and 95 fires were reported across Greece on Wednesday amid a heat wave that has killed dozens of people in southeast Europe over the past week.
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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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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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Firefighters battle to contain a major forest fire near the suburbs of the Greek capital, Athens.
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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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ZACHARO, Greece  - Forest fires raging in Greece have killed 41 people in two days and more were feared dead with some villages still trapped by flames on Saturday in what the government called a national tragedy.
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Forest fires that have swept through Greece in the past two days have killed 46 people and more are feared dead, the fire department said on Saturday.
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The fires that tore omnivorously through scores of villages and olive groves here may now also be changing Greece's political landscape: The government of Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis, facing national elections next month, came under increasing criticism yesterday, not only over its handling of the fires but also over whether it stoked Greeks' fears about who might be ...
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People of the Peloponnese lost relatives and homes in worst ever disaster to hit their picturesque land.
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Forest fires sweeping Greece  have killed 41 people in two days and more are feared dead with  some villages still trapped by flames on Saturday in what the  government has called a national tragedy.
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KRESTENA, Greece  - Thousands of Greeks threatened by towering walls of fire fled their homes on Monday as strong winds fanned blazes that have devastated the country and killed 63 people in four days.