Fires prompt Greek national alert
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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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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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ATHENS, Aug. 24 -- Forest fires raced across southern Greece on Friday, sweeping into mountainous towns and villages and killing at least 17 people, two of them found locked in an embrace and others outside cars overtaken by the flames.
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Countries that have offered Greece firefighting help:
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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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KRESTENA, Greece  - Greek firefighters backed by EU teams battled raging forest blazes that have killed 63 people and opposition parties accused the government of incompetence in handling the crisis.
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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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Dozens of forest fires, fanned by strong  winds in a six-day heatwave, raged across central and southern  Greece on Thursday, killing two people and burning scores of  homes.
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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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Wildfires swept through Greece Thursday, killing two people and destroying homes after days of record high temperatures that led to at least nine heatstroke deaths and extensive power cuts.
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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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Planes dropped water on  smoldering forest fires in Greece on Friday and the European  Union promised cash to help the country recover from more than  a week of destructive blazes that killed 63 people.
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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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KATO SAMIKO, Greece  - Planes dropped water on smoldering forest fires in Greece on Friday and the European Union promised a huge aid effort to help the recovery from the inferno which has been burning for more than a week.
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Firefighting aircraft from several countries help Greece tackle devastating forest fires that have killed 60 people.
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Greece promises to speed up compensation for those affected by the forest fires which have killed 63 people.