Raging fires in Greece kill 46
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Greek prime minister declares state of emergency, saying the forest fires 'can't be a coincidence'.
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ATHENS, Greece, Aug. 28 â The fires that tore omnivorously through scores of villages and olive groves here may now also be changing Greeceâs political landscape: . The government of Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis, facing national elections next month, came under increasing criticism today, not only over its handling of the fires but also over whether it stoked Greeksâ fears about who might be to blame.
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At least 15 people are feared killed in southern Greece, on the deadliest day of wildfires this year.
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Firefighters hope to have full control of Greece's worst forest fires in memory within the next four days, the fire brigade said on Saturday.
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Firefighters in Northern Greece struggle to control forest fires raging for third day.
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The last major fire in southern Greece has been brought under control after flaring up again over the weekend, fire officials said Sunday.
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Wildfires swept through Greece on Thursday, killing two people and destroying homes after days of record temperatures of more than 100 degrees that led to at least nine heatstroke deaths and extensive power cuts.
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The barrage of brutal wildfires in Greece hit hardest in a popular tourist destination, but with fires starting to come under control, tourists are trickling back in.
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Hundreds of tourists fled vacation homes and hotels Thursday when a forest fire swept across the island of Skiathos as hot, dry conditions persisted across Greece, authorities said.
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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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PLOUTOCHORI, Greece  - Greek firefighters on Wednesday gained the upper hand over countrywide forest fires that have killed at least 63 people and left the government shaken by accusations of incompetence.
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All major blazes in Greece were under control Friday, and firefighters were working to extinguish smaller fires in the southern part of the country.
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Forest fires raced across southern Greece on Friday, sweeping into mountainous towns and villages and killing at least 17 people, two found locked in an embrace and others outside cars overtaken by the flames.
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Forest fires sweeping Greece  have killed 44 people in two days and more were feared dead in  villages cut off by towering flames on Saturday.
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"We are optimistic that, if the weather and the reduction in the winds hold long enough, we may be able to be more effective"  As flames tear through forests and swallow villages across Greece, the European Commission has begun assisting the country battle the devastating fires that have left more than 50 people dead. via German Bangla Radio
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Winds relented throughout fire-ravaged Greece yesterday, enabling thousands of firefighters to tame a wave of fires that killed at least 64 people and obliterated huge tracts of fields and forests over six days.
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Fires pushed by gale-force winds tore through more parched forests, swallowed villages, and scorched the edges of Athens yesterday, with ashes raining onto the Acropolis. The death toll rose to at least 49 as the government declared a nationwide state of emergency.