Greek fires kill 51 and threaten Olympia
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ZACHARO, Greece  - EU firefighters and planes joined the battle on Sunday against the fires raging in Greece for three days, killing 51 people and threatening areas near ancient Olympia, historic site of the first Olympic games.
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Â· State accused of bungling as flames claim 57 lives Â· Prime minister admits local forces cannot cope
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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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Greece's PM implies arson is to blame as fires that have killed about 50 people bear down on more villages.
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Some 37 bodies are discovered as emergency services battle raging forest fires in southern Greece.
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A state of emergency is declared by the Greek prime minister, amid a rising death toll from forest fires.
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Greek firefighters started to get to grips with countrywide forest fires on Wednesday after six devastating days, but warned that a coming heatwave could reignite the flames that have killed at least 63 people.
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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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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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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 in what the  government called a national tragedy.
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Wildfires that killed more than 65 people &#151; and the prospect of painful economic reforms &#151; have dominated Greece's parliamentary election campaign, and the country's two main parties fear voters could abandon them Sunday in protest.
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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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Wildfires burned homes Thursday and forced the evacuations of villages, a convent and a children's camp in southern Greece, as a heat wave swept across southeastern Europe.
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Dozens of forest fires, fanned by strong  winds in a six-day heatwave, raged across central and southern  Greece on Thursday, killing two people and burning scores of  houses.
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The worst forest fires to hit Greece in decades have killed 44 people and more are feared dead in villages cut off by the flames, authorities said on Saturday.
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A 77-year-old mother of a firefighter saved her home by dousing it with buckets of water. A man battled flames threatening his hotel with wet towels. With any and all means, villagers and volunteers fought the flames that ravaged southern Greece for a week and claimed 64 lives.
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ATHENS, Aug 30 (IPS) - Greece is set to pay an enormous cost after a week  of unstoppable inferno, with fires still burning out of control.