Greek judo star dies
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Eleni Ioannou, the Greek judo star hospitalised after falling from her third floor balcony just over two weeks ago, has died. Ioannou had been in intensive care at the The Red Cross hospital since August 7 with multiple fractures to her head and body.
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Greek weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis is the first Olympic athlete in Athens to lose his medal for a drugs offence.
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Former French Prime Minister Raymond  Barre, an economist who also served as a European commissioner,  has died, his family said on Saturday. He was 83.
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Two-time defending champion Masae Ueno earned Japan&#39;s fifth gold medal in 10 judo events on Wednesday, extending her three-year undefeated streak in major international competition with an Olympic victory.
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ATHENS -- The Christian Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria was killed yesterday after an army helicopter transporting him and his entourage to a monastic enclave in northern Greece crashed into the sea, according to government and church officials.
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Greece declared three days of national mourning Monday for the Patriarch of Alexandria, the spiritual leader of all Orthodox Christians in Africa, who died in a helicopter crash.
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Japanese-American actor Mako, who  was nominated for an Oscar for his work in the 1966 film "The  Sand Pebbles," has died from esophageal cancer, the spokesman  for a theater company he co-founded said on Tuesday.
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American actor Christopher Reeve, star of the Superman films in the 1970s and 80s, has died aged 52.
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A member of Greece&#39;s Olympic judo squad who leapt from a third-floor apartment after an argument with her boyfriend just days before the Athens Games has died, a hospital source said Tuesday.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Ilias Iliadis captured Greece&#39;s second gold medal of the 2004 Olympics with a thrilling victory over Roman Gontyuk of the Ukraine in the men&#39;s under 81kg category in judo on Tuesday.
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A Greek soldier guarding an Olympic facility in Athens was shot dead Monday after apparently playing game of Russian roulette with a policeman, security sources said.
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The Patriarch of Alexandria, the spiritual leader of all Orthodox Christians in Africa, died Saturday when a helicopter taking him and fellow churchmen to a monastic enclave in northern Greece crashed into the sea, government and church officials said.
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The head of Greece's powerful Orthodox Church, Archbishop Christodoulos, died of cancer on Monday at the age of 69.
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Dual Olympic judo medallist and former world champion Kate Howey has announced her retirement at the age of 31.
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ATHENS, Greece -- A Greek soldier has been shot dead while on patrol at the Olympic mountain bike course near Athens, a government spokesman said on Monday.
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ATHENS: Paralympic judo champion Sergio Perez has been stripped of his gold medal after failing a doping test but has escaped a ban.
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Raymond Barre, a tough-speaking former French prime minister and economist who refused to bow to protesters or political alliances, has died, his family said Saturday. He was 83.