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ATHENS (Reuters) - It was meant to be a picture-perfect election campaign stop: Greece's communist leader striding across the ancient Acropolis to rally marble workers painstakingly restoring a symbol of Greece's past splendor. Instead, Aleka Papariga's pre-election visit this week became memorable for all the wrong reasons: blue-collar workers heckled to ask why she failed to block spending ...
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Olympic Flame reaches Acropolis for handover ceremon
Athens, May 17 (IANS) The Olympic Flame for the 2012 London Games was welcomed with great enthusiasm in Athens, as it reached the Acropolis Hill, finishing its long trip across Greece on the eve of the handover ceremony.
Thu, 17 May 2012 04:37:10 -0700 -
WRC Academy drivers prepare for Acropolis Rall
Pirelli will face a tall order next week as the second round of the FIA WRC Academy moves to Greece for the most demanding round of the championship: the Acropolis Rally (25-27 May).
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Tax cheats come acropolis when a fictional killer exacts his reveng
ATHENS: A serial killer is stalking the wealthy suburbs of Athens with an idiosyncratic choice of victims. They are all rich Greeks who have failed to pay their taxes and their corpses have been left scattered among the ruins of the ancient city, dead of hemlock poisoning, the means of Socrates's execution.
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VIDEO: Acropolis ceremony for Olympic torc
The Olympic flame is to be passed to London on Thursday evening, after a week-long relay around Greece.
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Yanni?s Worl
The Acropolis in Greece, the Taj Mahal in India, the Forbidden City in China and Royal Albert Hall in England?what do they all have in common? YANNI. The Greek-born New Age kingpin has recently come out with his first studio album in over a decade, called ?Truth of Touch.?
Fri, 18 May 2012 05:25:48 -0700 -
Athens Hotel Inspires Romance With Passionate Flavors and a View of the Acropoli
ATHENS, GREECE-- - Whether you're planning a honeymoon or just want some special time with your sweetheart, the Athens Ledra Marriott Hotel is offering a Romance Package at its Acropolis-view hotel .When ...
Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:43:00 -0700 -
Influential German magazine calls for Greek exit from eur
BERLIN (Reuters) - "Acropolis, Adieu! Why Greece must leave the euro," reads the front-page headline of Germany's most influential magazine Der Spiegel, joining a chorus of voices in Europe's ...
Sun, 13 May 2012 07:07:12 -0700 -
Latvala: Injury no worry for Greec
Ford's Jari-Matti Latvala has said he is confident his collarbone injury won't be a problem on the Acropolis Rally of Greece.
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Yanni provides a night to remembe
He has played the Taj Mahal, he has played in China?s Forbidden City and, of course, he has played the Acropolis. Friday night, Yanni played Shea?s. For a huge crowd of his Western New York fans, ?An Evening With Yanni? was a night to remember.
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