Gridlocked Greeks still paying for the miracle of Athens
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A member of the Chinese Olympic Committee came to Athens last May. He visited our Olympic sites, which were still under construction, and met members of the Greek Olympic Committee.
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The pessimism among Greeks before the Olympics has been replaced by fierce optimism and pride.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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ATHENS, Greece -- Capping its sports-hosting triumph, Greece ended the XXVIII Olympiad with a festive splash of ethnic folklore, music and dancing.
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ATHENS: Greek taxpayers could use some advice from the country&#39;s celebrated weightlifting champions to shoulder the sizeable cost of the Athens Olympics after the Games.
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Despite sluggish ticket sales and a scandal involving their star athletes, members of Winnipeg&#39;s Greek community are still thrilled Greece is hosting this year&#39;s Olympic Games. &quot;There&#39;s a lot of excitement,&quot; said Chris Iacovidis, president of the Greek ...
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The Olympic Games had barely reached the halfway point when a stream of Greek politicians were already declaring victory for averting a long-feared terrorist incident.
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Though it's been a little shaky at times, Athens  seems ready for the Olympics
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With world attention focussed upon Athens this month, Greece is certainly basking in the spotlight.
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The final cost of the Athens Olympics soared to about $11.6 billion -- at least $3.1 billion more than originally estimated. The figure did not include transportation projects such as the new tram line, suburban
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THE world sighed with relief when Greeks kept their promise to deliver some of the world&#39;s finest sport venues in time for the Athens Olympics.
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ATHENS  As the delay-plagued build-up to the Olympics illustrated, the Greeks aren&#39;t exactly known for organization and punctuality. But now that stadiums, new metro lines, beautified city squares and a vast ...
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A handful of people were still being held hostage by two armed, masked men who hijacked a bus near the Greek capital and were threatening to blow it up.
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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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ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece It will all stick with me. How could it not? It had been more than 1,600 years since the Olympics were staged here, among the hills, pines and cypresses of the Peloponnese, and then shortly after sunrise on Wednesday, the gates to ...
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European champions Greece have proved that the US National Basketball Association players still have some work to do before they can claim they are the best in the world.
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ATHENS, Greece, There it was, the almost incomprehensible. Manu Ginobili and 11 Argentines you never heard of running out the clock on NBA stars in the Olympics.
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Their success at the Games could be a catalyst for change in Greece.