Powell Cancels Greece Visit Amid Protests
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ATHENS, Greece - Secretary of State Colin Powell on Saturday canceled a weekend visit to attend the closing ceremony of the Olympics, just hours after demonstrators staged a protest march in central Athens.    Greece's foreign ministry said that Powell informed his Greek counterpart, Petros Moliviatis, that "urgent responsibilities" prevented him from carrying out the visit - which was to include meetings with Premier Costas Caramanlis and U.S...
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell abruptly cancelled plans to attend the Olympics closing ceremony in Athens on Sunday, a visit which had triggered angry protests from anti-war groups.
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Acropolis guards on Wednesday called off a four-day strike after tour operators warned that repeated closures of Greece's iconic tourist destination were damaging the country's travel industry.
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WASHINGTON - Citing urgent business in Washington, the State Department announced Saturday that Secretary of State Colin Powell had canceled his planned trip to Greece for the closing ceremonies of the Athens Olympics.
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ATHENS - Thousands of anti-war demonstrators clashed with Greek riot police in Athens&#39; main tourist district Friday after a rally to protest US Secretary of State Colin Powell&#39;s upcoming visit to the Olympics degenerated into a rock-throwing melee.
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An official visit to Albania on October 18 by President Costis Stephanopoulos will take place in the wake of violent clashes between Greeks and Albanians following a soccer match between the two national teams.
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ATHENS, Greece - US Secretary of State Colin Powell canceled a weekend visit to attend the closing ceremony of the Olympics, prompting Greek communists who had organized anti-American protests in central Athens to claim victory Saturday.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday he won't seek political office, dismissing suggestions that he run for governor or senator in New York.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell  abruptly canceled plans to attend the Olympics closing  ceremonies in Athens Sunday in part because of events in Iraq  and Sudan, the State Department said.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell ended four days of consultations with European leaders on Friday saying that differences growing out of the Iraq war "are now being closed."
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ANKARA, Feb 1 (IPS) - Constantinos Karamanlis, the first Greek prime  minister to visit Turkey in 49 years, ended an uneventful  three-day official trip to Ankara and Istanbul last week that is  unlikely to have any impact on the erratic relations between the  two East Mediterranean countries.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has dropped plans to visit Athens and attend the closing ceremony of the Olympics following anti-American protests in the Greek capital.
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Greek protesters toppled a statue of President Truman and clashed with police during demonstrations Tuesday against the fighting in Lebanon.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell has decided to withhold &#36;10 million in assistance from Serbia and Montenegro because of failure to cooperate with the international war crimes tribunal in the Netherlands, the State Department said Thursday.
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At least three people were injured on Friday when police fired tear gas and sparred with rock-throwing demonstrators during a rally to protest the planned weekend visit of Secretary of State Colin L. Powell.
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Police fired tear gas at demonstrators who hurled rocks and bottles at the U.S. Embassy in Athens on Wednesday during a rally against the war in Iraq.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell ends  his tour of Asia by once again asking North Korea to resume nuclear talks.