Greece brought back to earth
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Greece, whose European Championship triumph stunned football only two months ago, suffered a rapid fall from grace when they were beaten by Albania in their opening qualifier for the 2006 World Cup.
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Rosie Goldsmith reports from Greece which has begun to fight hard to save its antiquities and archaeological sites from decay and looting.
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The pessimism among Greeks before the Olympics has been replaced by fierce optimism and pride. So donât even think about criticizing the Games, especially if youâre Greek.
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Atlantis returns to Earth after spacewalks and concerns of debris hitting the spacecraft
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The Atlantis orbiter is set to return to Earth after installing Europe's Columbus science lab on the space station.
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A rediscovered El Greco painting is bought by the Greek island of Crete, the birthplace of the artist.
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Greece can expect the return of two ancient masterpieces, including a 4th century BCE gold funerary wreath, under an agreement with California's J. Paul Getty Museum, announced on Monday.Comment
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The Olympics may be over, but you can always recapture a taste of Greece with feta.
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Greece, shamed and angered by Olympic  doping scandals, went wild with delight Monday when Athanasia  Tsoumeleka won the women's 20 km walk to give the Olympic hosts  their first athletics gold medal.
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Next week brings us the    return of the famous Leonid Meteor Shower, a meteor display that over the past    several years has brought great anticipation and excitement to sky watchers    around the world.
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ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece  - Firefighters saved the temples and stadiums of ancient Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic Games, from forest fires which razed nearby villages and took the death toll from Greece's three-day inferno to 60.
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A retired teacher in her nineties took a cab to Greece to see the site where Alexander the Great took lessons from Aristotle.
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Greece's island of Rhodes wants to rebuild the famous Colossus - one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
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Finally, it was Europe's turn to take a giant leap into an unexplored world. After decades of running third in space headlines behind the U.S. and Soviet-Russian programs, the 15-country ESA last week captured center stage with the successful landing of the Huygens probe on Saturn's largest moon, Titan, after a seven-year voyage.
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With world attention focussed upon Athens this month, Greece is certainly basking in the spotlight.
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More international aid arrived Monday in support of massive cleanup and reconstruction efforts in Ancient Olympia and other fire-stricken parts of southern Greece.
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A statue and a gold wreath are to be returned to Greece by the Getty museum