Greek fires under control as aid arrives
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Promises of aid poured in from around Greece and overseas Friday as firefighters doused most of the huge wildfires that ravaged the Greek countryside for a week, killing 64 people.
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The prime minister pledged Sunday that thousands of acres of forests destroyed by wildfires across Greece in recent days would be replanted, including sections in a national park.Since Wednesday, fires have destroyed more than 15,000 acres of forests left tinder-dry by a weeklong heat wave. The fires have been blamed for several deaths, including that of a 26-year-old volunteer firefighter. Arsonists seeking to clear land for development are suspected in some blazes.'I stress most emphatically that all burnt forests are automatically scheduled for reforestation,' Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis said. 'Wherever forests stood, there will be forests once again.' Read more
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A massive cleanup, reconstruction and anti-flood effort was being launched Monday for fire-stricken parts of southern Greece as one fire front continued to burn while others abated, officials said.
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Firefighting aircraft from several countries help Greece tackle devastating forest fires that have killed 60 people.
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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.
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Some 37 bodies are discovered as emergency services battle raging forest fires in southern Greece.
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PLOUTOCHORI, Greece  - Greek firefighters gained the upper hand on Wednesday over widespread forest fires that have killed at least 63 people and left the government shaken by accusations of incompetence.
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Fires burning across southern Greece that razed dozens of villages and killed at least 49 people were stabilized Sunday, but fire officials worried thick smoke and strong winds might hamper emergency workers' efforts.
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Fires in southern Greece blamed on high temperatures, drought and arsonists.
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KRESTENA, Greece  - Greece's conservative government faced mounting criticism of incompetence on Tuesday as villagers fled fierce forest fires that have killed 63 people.
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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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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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Strong winds reinvigorated fires that have cut a trail of destruction across Greece over the past eight days, killing 63 people, and authorities said they would burn for at least four more days.
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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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Wildfires in Greece are beaten back by firefighters, as anger over the government's handling of the crisis grows.
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Firefighters hope to have full control of Greece's worst forest fires in memory within the next four days, the fire brigade said on Saturday.
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Greek authorities will launch an ambitious effort next month to replant the blackened wasteland left behind by the summer's deadly wildfires around the birthplace of the ancient Olympics.