Greece Hails New Diva in Halkia
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Greece hailed a new sporting diva on  Wednesday when Fani Halkia surged from relative obscurity a few  days ago to be crowned the women's 400 meters hurdles Olympic  champion.
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A new centre-right government takes office in Greece, after PM Costas Karamanlis's election win.
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With world attention focussed upon Athens this month, Greece is certainly basking in the spotlight.
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In the same way that once-belittled Greece has shocked the world by putting on an efficient and successful Olympics, so did Fani Halkia emerge from the shadows Wednesday with a stunning triumph for the host nation.
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Fani Halkia, hailed by one Greek tabloid as a &quot;Winged Goddess,&quot; stormed to Olympic victory in the 400 meter hurdles, sparking nationwide jubilation and much probing of her startlingly improved form.
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The Western Policy Center today announced that Marika Karayianni, an advisor on Black Sea energy issues to the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Dr.
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Disgraced Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou made a winning return to big time athletics with a victory in her women's 60m heat at the European Athletics Indoor Championships here Saturday.
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Outsider Athanasia Tsoumeleka snatched the women&#39;s Olympic 20km race walk title after a thrilling finish to give hosts Greece their first athletics gold of the Games.
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Greece was plunged in national  self-satisfaction on Tuesday after its synchronized divers won  the host nation's first gold medal of the Athens Olympics.
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ATHENS, Greece -- The Greeks arrived with their flags of deep blue and white, their strongest voices and their highest hopes Tuesday night at the Helliniko Indoor Arena.
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Have you noticed how women are beginning to dominate these Olympics? A week ago it was Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki who was a star of the show at the opening ceremony.
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With a powerful throw, Mirela Manjani propelled her javelin to break a different sort of record yesterday, earning Greece its most Olympic medals in more than a century.
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Fani Halkia&#39;s victory in the Olympics women&#39;s 400 meters hurdles was extraordinary but drug-related questions about the Greek&#39;s performance are unfair, Australian coach Phil King said Thursday.
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Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis on Wednesday became the first Greek premier to pay an official visit to Turkey in nearly 50 years, reflecting warmer ties between two countries that have come close to war several times.
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Greece's Fani Halkia thrills the Athens crowd with victory in the 400m hurdles.
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Japanese Emperor Akihito on Friday praised the Latvian people&#39;s love of freedom during the latest stop on his and Empress Michiko&#39;s European tour, which has taken the Japanese royals into former Soviet territory for the first time.
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ATHENS, Greece - The woman who scored the gold-medal winner playfully jumped in the back row to get noticed as NBC television cameras gathered in front of the US women&#39;s soccer team after beating Brazil.