More than 40 hurt in Athens rioting
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Rioters protesting education reforms battled police for more than three hours Thursday, hurling Molotov cocktails and vandalizing businesses in central Athens, leaving more than 40 people injured, authorities said.
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THE defiant taunts cascaded down from the Olympic stadium grandstands for minutes. &quot;Hellas, Hellas,&quot; followed by &quot;Kenteris, Kenteris&quot; - an angry display that held up the main event of Thursday&#39;s athletics program.
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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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Police fired tear gas at demonstrators who hurled rocks and bottles at the U.S. Embassy in Athens on Wednesday during a rally against the war in Iraq.
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Rioters hurling rocks clashed with police in the rough suburbs of Paris for a second night running as authorities arrested a youth whose injury -- along with the death of two friends -- last year sparked a wave of brutal rioting.
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ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece  -- Massive fires consuming large areas of southern Greece for a third day raced toward the site of the ancient Olympics on Sunday, engulfing villages and forests as the flames reached one of the most revered sites of antiquity.
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Greek forest fires that have killed 47 people in the past three days are approaching the archaeological site of ancient Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic games, the fire department said on Sunday.
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Nearly 4,000 disabled athletes are in Athens, Greece, for Friday night&#39;s opening ceremony of the largest Paralympics in the games&#39; 44-year history.
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At least 60 people were injured in  clashes between police and opposition activists during a  nationwide strike on Saturday, the fifth in two weeks.
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Greek and Albanian soccer fans fought across Greece as Athens police fired tear gas to disperse crowds following a loss by European champion Greece in a World Cup qualifier.
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European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso headed to Athens to &quot;show solidarity&quot; with Greeks traumatised by forest fires which have killed scores of people and surged once again on Friday.
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Hundreds of people have been marching through Athens to protest against a visit by US Secretary of State Colin Powell for the Olympic Games.
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Greek and Albanian soccer fans fought across the country, and Athens police fired tear gas to disperse crowds following a loss by European champion Greece in a World Cup qualifier.
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The usually busy Athens Acropolis will be shut down this weekend after the union of guards called a 48-hour strike to demand better working conditions.
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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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SANTIAGO -- Police used tear gas, water cannons, and clubs against demonstrators staging nationwide protests yesterday over government social and economic policies. More than 370 people were detained, officials said. About 50 protesters and 18 police officers were injured, none seriously. Senator Alejandro Navarro, who joined the demonstration against the government's free-market policies, was clubbed in the head by a ...
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter Scale was felt in Athens on Tuesday afternoon. In the media center, approximately a half mile from the Olympic Stadium and Aquatic