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Four Years Later, Athens' Olympic Investment Doesn't Pay Off

Christian Science Monitor | Nicole Itano | Posted 07.20.2008 | Home

Read More: Athens Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, Olympic Games, 2004 Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, Home News

Sprinklers still keep the grass at Greece's Olympic softball stadium green. But four years after the 2004 Games, it sits unused in the middle of a vas...

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NATO Enlargement -- The View from Athens

Amb. Alexandros P. Mallias | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Macedonia, NATO Enlargement, U.N., Nato, Greece, Politics News
Amb. Alexandros P. Mallias

Greece welcomes the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to NATO, provided our northern neighbor agrees to a name that differentiates the new Balkan state from the Greek province of Macedonia.

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Deciding to Be Human

John Brady Kiesling | Posted 11.02.2007 | Politics

Read More: Tom Lantos, Chimpanzees, Double Standard, Greece, United Nations, Greek, Politics News
John Brady Kiesling

Most of us applaud the efforts of the UN to impose a universal code of behavior. But international law is not always compatible with our more Homeric instincts.

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A Fire in the Verdant Core of Greece

Eugenia Chandris | Posted 09.02.2007 | Living

Read More: Fires, Greece, Living News
Eugenia Chandris

In Ancient Olympia, the lawn of the stadium burnt and the flames reached the Olympic Academy, whose fire prevention system failed to work owing to a power cut caused by the fire itself.

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