Running battles on Athens streets
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POLICE used tear gas today to disperse hundreds of demonstrators who lit fires, smashed windows and beat up journalists as they marched through Athens to protest a visit by US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
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Hundreds turned out in Athens Friday to protest US policies in Iraq and US Secretary of State Colin Powell&#39;s pending appearance at the Olympics.
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Many of Britain&#39;s Olympic medal winners had already done a lap of honour in Athens, the civic reception and some even appeared on A Question of Sport.
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News that Greece&#39;s top two sprinters have withdrawn from the Athens Olympics over missed dope tests has swept through the crowd gathered at the home of the ancient Games to watch the shot put.
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Greece&#39;s top two sprinters should finally get to put their case on Wednesday in a drugs investigation that has shamed and angered the Olympic host nation.
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ATHENS The marathon was inspired by suffering, and on the day an event that is as much a test of character as a test of endurance returned to its Olympic roots and the evocative marble horseshoe that is Panathanaiko stadium, the suffering returned, too.
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Georgia's opposition gears up for mass street protests, accusing the authorities of rigging presidential elections.
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ATHENS -- In the first major public demonstration since the start of the Olympics, thousands of protesters clashed with police who stopped them from marching on the United States Embassy to protest the war in Iraq and Secretary of State Colin Powell's scheduled visit to Greece.
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NEW YORKâS rush to build an Olympic stadium has provoked a clash between the cityâs billionaire mayor and a multimillionaire cable television tycoon that has thrown the Big Appleâs bid for the 2012 Games into jeopardy.
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The gruelling trudge from Marathon to Athens killed a man, or so the legend goes. Yesterday, it trampled the spirit of women who dared to attempt it in the heat of Athens.
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ATHENS, Greece -- I could see Vanderlei de Lima of Brazil running almost straight toward me. The 5-5, 119-pound marathon competitor had started with the rest of the men in the hill town of Marathon, the place where it all began 2,494 years ago.
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The rivalry between the five cities vying to host the 2012 Olympics has become overtly confrontational with Madrid lodging an official protest over Paris&#39;s use of French embassies to promote their bid.
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A bus was hijacked today and shots were fired at police who surrounded it on the outskirts of Athens. Police did not know how many passengers were aboard the bus.
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THE defiant taunts cascaded down from the Olympic stadium grandstands for minutes. &quot;Hellas, Hellas,&quot; followed by &quot;Kenteris, Kenteris&quot; - an angry display that held up the main event of Thursday&#39;s athletics program.
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ATHENS, Greece - Everyone knew the marathon was going to be tough, but having to dodge a would-be tackler in a kilt, green beret and matching knee-high socks wasn't an expected obstacle. It was definitely a bizarre way to end the Olympics...
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Hundreds of people have been marching through Athens to protest against a visit by US Secretary of State Colin Powell for the Olympic Games.