Fires die down as Greeks protest weak response
40151
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.
248937
The Greek government, heading for elections next month, is facing a crisis over its handling of deadly forest fires.
302208
Â· Greek 'arsons' may fall under anti-terror law Â· Death toll reaches 63
20890
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.
451322
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso headed to Athens to &quot;show solidarity&quot; with Greeks traumatised by forest fires which have killed scores of people and surged once again on Friday.
80131
Some forest fires still burn in southern Greece but rain from the north is expected to bring some relief.
114956
KATO SAMIKO, Greece  - Planes dropped water on smoldering forest fires in Greece on Friday and the European Union promised cash to help the country recover from more than a week of destructive blazes that killed 63 people.
677756
The last major fire in southern Greece has been brought under control after flaring up again over the weekend, fire officials said Sunday.
245367
KRESTENA, Greece  - Greece's conservative government faced mounting accusations of incompetence on Tuesday over forest fires that have killed at least 63 people.
328784
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.
187934
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.
154627
Greece's ruling conservatives appeared headed for a slim majority in Sunday's parliamentary election, exit polls showed, after a campaign marred by forest fires.
667207
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.
150296
At least 15 people are feared killed in southern Greece, on the deadliest day of wildfires this year.
5407
By Zeus, Greece did it! With the Olympic flame now snuffed out after burning brightly for two weeks, the 28th Summer Games should be remembered for those amazing Greeks who pulled together at the last minute
183868
ARTEMIDA, Greece  - Sobbing villagers on Sunday buried a Greek mother and her four children who died in destructive forest fires, as the first autumn rains raised hopes of dousing the flames that have killed 64 people.
246028
PLOUTOCHORI, Greece  - Greek firefighters gained the upper hand on Wednesday over widespread forest fires that have killed at least 63 people and left the government shaken by accusations of incompetence.