Greek villages trapped in fires
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KRESTENA, Greece  - Desperate Greek villages encircled by flames appealed for help on Monday as strong winds continued to fan forest fires sweeping through the country, killing 63 people in three days.
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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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ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece  - Firefighters battled to save ancient Olympia on Sunday as Greece's worst forest fires in decades ravaged hills around the historic site and the death toll rose to 56.
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ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece  -- Massive fires consuming large areas of southern Greece for a third day raced toward the site of the ancient Olympics on Sunday, engulfing villages and forests as the flames reached one of the most revered sites of antiquity.
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A huge fire in Cyprus razes holiday homes and forces the evacuation of at least two villages, officials say.
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MAKISTOS, Greece  - Greece's conservative government faced mounting accusations of incompetence on Tuesday over forest fires that have killed at least 63 people.
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Greeks go to the polls on Sunday in the aftermath of deadly forest fires to vote in a closely fought election seen as critical for reforms needed in the euro zone's second-poorest member.
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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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Fifteen people are held in Greece on suspicion of making false compensation claims after devastating forest fires.
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PYRGOS, Greece  - Greek villages on Thursday started burying relatives killed by forest fires that were still burning parts of the country for a sixth day as thousands rushed to collect damage compensation from banks.
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Fires burning across southern Greece that razed dozens of villages and killed at least 49 people were stabilized Sunday, but fire officials worried thick smoke and strong winds might hamper emergency workers' efforts.
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Promises of aid poured in from around Greece and overseas Friday as firefighters doused most of the huge wildfires that ravaged the Greek countryside for a week, killing 64 people.
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A massive cleanup, reconstruction and anti-flood effort was being launched Monday for fire-stricken parts of southern Greece as one fire front continued to burn while others abated, officials said.
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ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece  - Firefighters rescued the marble temples and stadiums of ancient Olympia from raging flames on Sunday but forest fires ravaged nearby villages and the death toll from Greece's three-day inferno rose to 58.
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Greek firefighters backed by  EU teams battled raging forest blazes that have killed 63  people and opposition parties accused the government of  incompetence in handling the crisis.
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Fires raced across dry woodlands in southern Greece yesterday, sweeping into mountainous towns and villages and killing at least 27 people, the country's deadliest forest fire toll in decades, authorities said.