U.S. to help Greece in firefighting
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The United States offered Friday to help with future firefighting efforts in Greece, where 67 people died in wildfires last month.
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Greece's first autumn rains on Sunday raised hopes of dousing forest fires that have killed 63 people while a grieving village buried a mother and her four children who perished in the flames.
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When the alarm goes from warm to wild, the U.S.D.A. Forest Service calls in the Air Force Reserve for assistance in fighting fires.  Under a unique arrangement codified by law, the U.S.D.A.
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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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"The next few hours will be critical"  Forest fires whipped by gale-force winds killed at least 15 people in southern Greece Friday, including at least nine people trapped in their cars as the flames approached.Across the country, more than 150 fires were burning, and the government appealed to the European Union to 'send any help they can,' acting Interior Minister Spyros Flogaitis said after an emergency meeting of Greece's civil protection department.Hot, dry winds gusting to gale force prevented firefighting planes from taking off, leaving only ground forces to fight the flames in the southern Peloponnese, with occasional help from helicopters and residents using their garden hoses. A three-day heat wave, with temperatures up to 104 degrees, has left forests and scrubland parched on the peninsula linked to the Greek mainland by a narrow isthmus. Read more
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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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Strong winds reinvigorated fires that have cut a trail of destruction across Greece over the past eight days, killing 63 people, and authorities said they would burn for at least four more days.
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A US decision to call Macedonia, &quot;Macedonia,&quot; has raised the ire of Greece, which is threatening to keep the country out of the European Union.
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The European Commission plans to set up an EU force to deal with fires, floods and other emergencies.
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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.
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International wildfire crews could be called to help fight blazes in the bone-dry West as U.S. officials on Wednesday boosted the nation's wildfire alert to its highest level.
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KRESTENA, Greece  - Greek firefighters backed by EU teams battled raging forest blazes that have killed 63 people and opposition parties accused the government of incompetence in handling the crisis.
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Greek firefighters started to get to grips with countrywide forest fires on Wednesday after six devastating days, but warned that a coming heatwave could reignite the flames that have killed at least 63 people.
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Anti-terrorist training received by Greek police ahead of this year&#39;s Olympic Games helped resolve the Athens bus hijacking, the government has said.
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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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KRESTENA, Greece  - The battle against raging forest fires that have killed 63 Greeks and made thousands homeless entered its fifth day as opposition parties accused the government of incompetence in handling the crisis.
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PLOUTOCHORI, Greece  - Greek firefighters on Wednesday beat back countrywide forest fires that have killed at least 63 people, but said they fear new flare-ups with a heatwave expected this weekend.