Fire-shocked Greeks vote in cliffhanger election
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Greeks voted on Sunday in an election that could reflect public discontent with the big parties and transform smaller ones into powerbrokers.
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ZACHARO, Greece  - Greece declared a nationwide state of emergency on Saturday after the country's worst forest fires in decades killed at least 47 people and trapped many more in villages surrounded by flames.
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PYRGOS, Greece  - Thousands of Greeks besieged banks on Thursday, clamoring for state compensation for damage caused by the country's worst wildfires which burned on in some areas one week into 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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Greek prime minister declares state of emergency, saying the forest fires 'can't be a coincidence'.
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PLOUTOCHORI, Greece  - Greek firefighters on Wednesday gained the upper hand over countrywide forest fires that have killed at least 63 people and left the government shaken by accusations of incompetence.
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The heady days of the Athens Games are over. Colorful banners have been pulled down and stadiums built in a rush of last-minute construction lay empty. Now Greeks are bracing for the Olympic-sized bill.
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ZACHARO, Greece  - Greece declared a nationwide state of emergency after the country's worst forest fires in decades killed at least 47 people and trapped many more in villages surrounded by flames.
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Power blackouts hit 13 locations in Athens and 95 fires were reported across Greece on Wednesday amid a heat wave that has killed dozens of people in southeast Europe over the past week.
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Foreign firefighters and aircraft joined the battle Tuesday against blazes in southern Greece, and officials expressed optimism that wildfires burning some of the country's lushest landscape could be brought under partial control.
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The presidential race remained a cliffhanger late Tuesday as initial vote totals rolled in from a historically high national turnout fueled by wartime anxiety.
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A greek demonstrator puts fire on a banner reading in Greek &quot;Powell out&quot;, 27 August 2004 in front of the parliament, central of Athens.
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Greek Cypriots were voting to elect a new president on Sunday in a cliffhanger vote which could affect reunification prospects for the war-divided island this year.
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Greece's ruling conservatives appeared to win a second term in elections on Sunday despite public anger over deadly forest fires, but a slim majority could complicate plans for economic reforms.
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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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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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The government came under increasing criticism Tuesday over whether it intensified Greeksâ fears about who might be to blame for fires that tore through scores of villages.