Greece: Clash After Service for Man Who Shot Self
- Demetris Nellas - The Associated Press
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- April 07, 2012
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek protesters marching in memory of a man who killed himself over financial woes that he blamed on the government attacked a policeman in Athens on Saturday, leaving him blood...
Greek Ferry Crews to Strike for 2 Days Next Week
- The Associated Press
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- April 06, 2012
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek ferry crews have decided to press ahead with a planned two-day strike next week that is expected to severely disrupt Easter holiday plans in the crisis-struck country.
T...
Greek Photographer Seriously Hurt in Demonstration
- The Associated Press
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- April 06, 2012
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities were investigating the serious injury of a news photographer who sustained a skull fracture after apparently being hit by riot police while covering a protest i...
Greek Protesters Clash with Police in Capital
- The Associated Press
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- April 06, 2012
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police have clashed with truck drivers and dock workers gathered outside Greece's central bank to protest benefit cuts following a massive debt deal.
Police used tear gas and ...
Train Hits Car Trapped on Lines in Greece, 4 Dead
- The Associated Press
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- April 06, 2012
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say a train has smashed into a car trapped on rails near Athens, killing two elderly motorists and two men who were trying to get them off the lines.
No inju...
Greece: Fresh Clashes Over Suicide
- The Associated Press
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- April 05, 2012
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police clashed with demonstrators for a second day Thursday at the site where an elderly man shot and killed himself in downtown Athens and left a note blaming the country's hars...
Retiree's Suicide Jolts Greece, Triggers Violence
- Nicholas Paphitis - Associated Press
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- April 04, 2012
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek retiree shot himself dead in Athens' main square Wednesday, blasting politicians over the country's financial crisis in a suicide note that triggered violent clashes hour...
Seized 'Ancient' Greek Statue Declared a Forgery
- The Associated Press
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- April 03, 2012
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The statue of the young woman was found in a goat pen outside Athens, and Culture Ministry archaeologists soon declared it a fine 6th-century B.C. original.
But on Tuesday the...
Enterprise Marks Last Deployment with Visit to Athens
- ANA- MPA
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- March 31, 2012
ON BOARD THE USS ENTERPRISE (AMNA) - It took exactly 49 years for the US Navy's most distinguished aircraft carrier to return to the warm and blue waters of Faliro Bay - off coastal southern Athens - ...
Greece: 2 Suspected Illegal Immigrants Found Dead
- Costas Kantouris - The Associated Press
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- March 30, 2012
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek police say two men believed to be illegal immigrants have been found dead near the country's border with Turkey.
Residents of the border village of Tychero found t...
Athens Police Sweep Nets Hundreds, Mainly Migrants
- Demetris Nellas - The Associated Press
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- March 30, 2012
ATHENS (AP) — Police in Greece's capital said they detained more than 500 people Thursday in an operation they that will be repeated daily to combat illicit trade, illegal immigration, drug dealing an...
Greeks Barred from VIP Areas at Independence Day Parades
- Andy Dabilis
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- March 29, 2012
ATHENS – As Greeks around the world celebrated the March 25th day of Independence marking the start of the revolution in 1821 against the Ottoman Empire that led to freedom nearly a decade later, citi...
Greek Universities at Risk of Closing Due to PSI
- ANA- MPA
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- March 28, 2012
AMNA--Many of Greece's universities have been reduced to penury, with their accounts now approaching zero, following the conversion of their funds into Greek state bonds by the Bank of Greece and the ...
Greek Police Recovers Ancient Statue from Goat-pen
- The Associated Press
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- March 28, 2012
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police say they have recovered an illegally excavated 2,500-year old statue hidden in a goat-pen on the outskirts of Athens.
Officers arrested the goatherd and another m...
Hoard of Medieval Coins Found on Greek Island
- The Associated Press
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- March 27, 2012
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's culture ministry says a hoard of silver mediaeval coins has been discovered during construction work on the Aegean Sea island of Naxos.
A ministry statement says the ...
Crisis-hit Greece Gets Sponsors for Torch Relay
- The Associated Press
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- March 26, 2012
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Crisis-hit Greece has lined up enough sponsors to fully fund its leg of the 2012 Olympic Torch relay in May, which will go through 40 towns and cities on a 2,900-kilometer (1,800...
Security Tight for Greek Independence Day Parades
- The Associated Press
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- March 23, 2012
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece are implementing massive security measures for fear that anti-austerity protests could disrupt national parades to mark Greek Independence Day this weekend....
After the New Bailout: Greece Strikes
- Andy Dabilis
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- March 22, 2012
ATHENS – With a second bailout, this one for $172 billion now secured, and an election looming this spring to elect a new leader, Greece’s interim government has turned toward trying to implement long...
Greek Prosecutor Charges Banker with Fraud
(Reuters) - A Greek prosecutor filed felony charges against prominent Greek banker Lavrentis Lavrentiadis over a financial scandal that has led to the demise of small lender Proton Bank, court officia...
Rhyming Rally: Greek Poets Protest Austerity
- Derek Gatopoulos - The Associated Press
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- March 21, 2012
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — It isn't often demonstrators quote from the works of Nobel laureates.
But in Athens on Wednesday, Greek poets joined anti-austerity protests holding outdoor recitals at cultur...
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