Forest fires kill 44 in Greece
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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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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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Firefighting aircraft from several countries help Greece tackle devastating forest fires that have killed 60 people.
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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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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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Firefighters in Northern Greece struggle to control forest fires raging for third day.
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Dozens of tourists and local residents are forced onto beaches as a forest fire rages in northern Greece.
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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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ZACHARO, Greece  - EU firefighters and planes joined the battle on Sunday against the fires raging in Greece for three days, killing 51 people and threatening areas near ancient Olympia, historic site of the first Olympic games.
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PYRGOS, Greece  - Greek villages on Thursday started burying relatives killed by forest fires that were still burning parts of the country for a sixth day as thousands rushed to collect damage compensation from banks.
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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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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 and the government declared a nationwide state of emergency.
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ZACHARO, Greece  - 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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Fires pushed by gale-force winds tore through more parched forests, swallowed villages, and scorched the edges of Athens yesterday, 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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Greece's PM implies arson is to blame as fires that have killed about 50 people bear down on more villages.
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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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Winds relented throughout fire-ravaged Greece yesterday, enabling thousands of firefighters to tame a wave of fires that killed at least 64 people and obliterated huge tracts of fields and forests over six days.