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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

    • Greek Fires Probed; Toll Hits 61

      Associated Press  |  Aug 27, 07 7:26 AM CDT

      Greek Fires Probed; Toll Hits 61

      (Newser) - A day after flames were beaten back at the ruins of ancient Olympia, Greek officials are considering whether the blazes still raging across the country can be considered terrorism, and arsonists prosecuted accordingly. Wildfires started in may disparate places have killed at least 61 people. Several people have been held on suspicion of arson, and one man charged with arson and homicide. More »

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      wildfires  • Greece  • arson  • Olympia

    • Greek Fires Continue to Rage

      Reuters  |  Aug 26, 07 9:12 AM CDT

      Greek Fires Continue to Rage

      (Newser) - Greece is under a state of emergency as rampant fires continue to torch villages and threaten the vicinity of historic Olympia, Reuters reports. At least 51 are dead and thousands have fled their homes from a swath of flame that spread over 100 miles. PM Costas Karamanlis blames arsonists, and two individuals have been arrested so far. More »

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      Israel  • European Union  • wildfires  • Greece  • arson  • Olympia  • Costas Karamanlis

    • Fires Kill 41 Across Greece

      Associated Press  |  Aug 25, 07 7:05 AM CDT

      Fires Kill 41 Across Greece

      (Newser) - Forest fires raged uncontrolled across southern Greece for a second day today as the death toll from the blaze reached 41, including some children. Authorities suspect arsonists are to blame for at least some of the 170 fires, many of which have started after dark and away from other burning areas, the AP reports. Greece's PM is chairing an emergency meeting today. More »

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      European Union  • wildfires  • Greece  • arson

  • May 2007

    • First Computer May Be 2100 Years Old

      New Yorker  |  May 20, 07 9:02 PM CDT

      First Computer May Be 2100 Years Old

      (Newser) - An unknown scientist in the first century B.C. may have invented the world’s first computer. Discovered by Greek divers in 1900 on the bottom of the Aegean Sea near the island of Antikythera, the so called Antikythera Mechanism lay in the National Museum in Athens mistaken for an astrolabe until the late 1950s. More »

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      technology  • computer  • Greece  • shipwreck  • archeology  • Antikythera

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