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  • August 2007

    • Desperate Greeks Look to TV for Help

      Der Spiegel  |  Aug 30, 07 11:17 AM CDT

      Desperate Greeks Look to TV for Help

      (Newser) - Desperate Greeks have resorted to calling TV stations with pleas for rescue from wildfires that have been raging for the past week, Der Spiegel reports, highlighting what one critic calls a "deep mistrust of the capability of the state machine." And the stations have gotten results: "Wherever we broadcast live links, helicopters would come and drop water," says one reporter. More »

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      television  • wildfires  • Greece  • Peloponnese  • Greece fires

    • Fires Are 'National Humiliation'

      BBC  |  Aug 29, 07 5:21 PM CDT

      Fires Are 'National Humiliation'

      (Newser) - Firefighters in Greece said today they have tamed the wildfires that have ravaged the countryside, the BBC reports, but the political tempest over the handling of the crisis is just heating up. As protesters demonstrated in Athens against the government, crews said the fires that have claimed 63 lives are “generally receding” but admitted that some blazes continued. More »

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      wildfires  • firefighters  • Greece  • Socialist Party  • Athens  • Peloponnese  • Greece fires  • Costas Karamanlis

    • Anti-Terror Squads Probe Fires

      BBC  |  Aug 28, 07 7:17 AM CDT

      Anti-Terror Squads Probe Fires

      (Newser) - As fires continues to ravage Greece, the government has used anti-terrorist forces to question 32 suspects arrested for alleged arson. New fires continue to break out, and Greek authorities are now offering a $2 milion reward to catch arsonists. The blazes have killed at least 60 people since Friday and Greece remains in a state of emergency. More »

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      terrorism  • terrorist  • wildfires  • counterterrorism  • state of emergency  • arson  • Peloponnese

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