Greece hit by strong earthquake
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A powerful earthquake is felt across Greece and shakes buildings in the capital, Athens.
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Fires pushed by gale-force winds tore through more parched forests, swallowed villages and scorched the edges of Athens on Saturday, with ashes raining onto the Acropolis. The death toll rose to at least 49 and the government declared a nationwide state of emergency.
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A shock with a magnitude of 8.4 hit the region last night after over a dozen people were killed in earthquakes yesterday.
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A minor earthquake rattled Olympic venues in Athens Tuesday, but there were no reports of injuries or damage. The tremor was measured at 4.5 on the Richter scale, with an epicenter about 70 kilometers northeast of the Greek capital, under the Aegean Sea.
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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
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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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Giant waves triggered by a massive earthquake have killed at least 3,000 people in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, Malaysia and Thailand.
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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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A strong earthquake shook parts of Cuba, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands on Sunday, authorities said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
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Foreign tourists from Phi Phi Islands arrive in Phuket, December 26, 2004 after the area was hit by a devastating tsunami. One of the most powerful earthquakes in history hit Asia on Sunday, unleashing a tsunami
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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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A strong earthquake measuring about 5.2 on the Richter scale rocked northern Italy from the Tyrrhenian to the Adriatic seas on early on Thursday, causing panic and some damage.
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World in Brief: 8 October 2004, Friday. An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale shook Skopje, Macedonia's capital, on Friday.
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Politics: 10 September 2004, Friday. A relatively strong earthquake was felt in several big towns in Southern Bulgaria on Friday night.
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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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KRESTENA, Greece  - Desperate Greek villagers encircled by flames appealed for help on Monday as strong winds fanned forest fires that have swept the country, killing 63 people in three days.
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KRESTENA, Greece  - Desperate Greek villages encircled by flames appealed for help on Monday as strong winds continued to fan forest fires sweeping through the country, killing 63 people in three days.