Greek recovery 'to take decades'
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It will take at least 20 years for Greek forests ravaged by forest fires to recover, the WWF says.
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The EU's enlargement to 25 members in 2004 could be dwarfed by the challenges that lie ahead, writes the BBC's Stephen Sackur.
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Comments from the Finnish paper company suggest a cyclical recovery might be beginning.
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A national rollout could take one to four years, depending on the response to a study now under way and how long it takes to secure funding for the project.
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Stronger lending standards are justified, but they'll slow the recovery.
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Greek conservative Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis on Monday vowed to press ahead with economic reforms after being asked to form a government following his narrow election victory.
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Japan's recovery has been trundling along for more than five years, by some measures making it the longest, if not exactly most spectacular, period of continuous expansion since the war. But if you look at surveys asking ordinary Japanese people how they feel about their own circumstances, you would never guess it.
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Greek Finance Minister George Alogoskoufis said Europe alone can&#39;t halt the euro&#39;s rise and the US and Japan would have to pitch in to buy dollars to end the decline of the American currency.
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Greece vowed Thursday to reclaim the country's plundered heritage after two sculptures were returned by the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
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The West Coast Main Line may fill up with passengers within 10 years despite huge investment, a  study warns.
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SAITAMA, Japan  - Despite suffering a demoralizing   defeat by a brilliant Greece at the world basketball   championship, the United States are looking long-term.
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Greece's buoyant growth has driven unemployment lower but not enough for many Greek voters rushed to polls on September 16 to decide whether their centre-right government deserves a fresh mandate for reforms.
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ADELPHI, Md. - It will take three to five years before Iraq's government is stable enough to operate on its own, according to the former commander of US forces in the Middle East, who said the surge of American forces has not solved the country's broader problems.
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The head of US forces in Iraq, Lt Gen David Petraeus, says fighting the insurgency could take decades.
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Their success at the Games could be a catalyst for change in Greece.
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HONOLULU -- Real estate is often a long-term investment. But 10,000 years? Lo'ihi Development Co. will soon start offering oceanview lots speculators won't even be able to stand on for many millennia.
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The tsunami that took a heavy toll in human life also battered Indian Ocean coral reefs that already were in distress from pollution and global warming, possibly causing damage that will require decades to recover, experts say.