Greek fires kill 56 and lick ancient Olympia
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ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece  - Firefighters battled to save ancient Olympia on Sunday as Greece's worst forest fires in decades ravaged hills around the historic site and the death toll rose to 56.
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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 44 people in two days and more were feared dead in  villages cut off by towering flames on Saturday in what the  government called a national tragedy.
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ATHENS, Aug 30 (IPS) - Greece is set to pay an enormous cost after a week  of unstoppable inferno, with fires still burning out of control.
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The fire continued to consume homes and to advance on the ruins where the Olympic games were first played.
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Athens, Greece - Archaeologists have discovered ancient graves during excavations near Ancient Olympia, the hallowed site where the Olympic Games were born in 776 BC, the Culture Ministry said on Thursday.
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ZAHARO, Greece  -- Massive forest fires swept across Greece and killed at least 37 people in the south of the country, including several children, the fire department said Saturday. New fires broke out frequently, as embers were carried by the wind.
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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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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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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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The flame went out on the Olympics during a closing ceremony Sunday night that honored the birthplace of the games with an ebullient display of Greek pride and symbolism, a relief-filled celebration of the ancient and the new.
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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.
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HISTORY: Olympia, in the western Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece, was first inhabited 6,000 years ago and flourished in Mycenaean times. During antiquity, it was covered by olive, pine, plane, and oak trees, among which a shimmering array of temples and public buildings stood. It was the holiest sanctuary in ancient Greece, and hosted the ancient Olympic Games for more ...
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KRESTENA, Greece  - Thousands of Greeks threatened by towering walls of fire fled their homes on Monday as strong winds fanned blazes that have devastated the country and killed 63 people in four days.
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Massive wildfires in Greece were "generally receding" on Wednesday, fire authorities said, as anger rose over the government's handling of the catastrophic blazes that have seared vast stretches of countryside and killed at least 64 people.
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The worst forest fires to hit Greece in decades have killed 44 people and more are feared dead in villages cut off by the flames, authorities said on Saturday.
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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.