Greek government criticized as fires rage on
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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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Hundreds of tourists fled vacation homes and hotels Thursday when a forest fire swept across the island of Skiathos as hot, dry conditions persisted across Greece, authorities said.
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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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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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Three firefighters died Wednesday while battling a blaze in a forest on the Greek island of Crete, while the government warned that hot weather could cause more blazes.
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KRESTENA, Greece  - Desperate Greek villagers encircled by flames appealed for help on Monday as strong winds fanned forest fires that have swept the country, killing 63 people in three days.
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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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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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Greek police hold 32 arson suspects as they step up inquiries into fires that have killed dozens of people.
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Opposition MPs in Greece attack the government response to forest fires which have claimed at least 63 lives.
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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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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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Wildfires swept through Greece on Thursday, killing two people and destroying homes after days of record temperatures of more than 100 degrees that led to at least nine heatstroke deaths and extensive power cuts.
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Greek prime minister declares state of emergency, saying the forest fires 'can't be a coincidence'.
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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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ATHENS - Greeks head to the polls today to vote in a closely fought parliamentary election dominated by the prospect of painful economic measures and anger over the government's response to a wave of deadly and destructive wildfires.
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Greece's ruling conservatives appeared to win a second term in elections on Sunday despite public anger over deadly forest fires, but a slim majority could complicate plans for economic reforms.