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8/8/2021 4:35:31 PM
Pillars of billowing smoke and ash blocked out the sun above Greece's second-largest island and turned the sky orange as a days-old wildfire devoured pristine forests and triggered more evacuation alerts Sunday
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World
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8/8/2021 10:34:46 AM
A UN draft report labelled the Mediterranean region a "climate change hotspot", warning that heatwaves, droughts and fires would become more fierce in the future, supercharged by rising temperatures
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World
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International
8/7/2021 3:21:32 PM
Thousands of residents and vacationers in areas where fires broke out days ago have fled by land and by sea as firefighters and volunteers battled through the night
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Egypt
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Politics
8/7/2021 3:18:00 PM
The move comes as per directives by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi
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World
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8/6/2021 5:19:00 PM
Thousands of people have fled their homes or holiday accommodation in Greece, while at least 20 people, including four firefighters, have been treated for injuries
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World
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International
8/5/2021 10:15:19 PM
The causes of the Greek wildfires were unclear, but authorities say human error and carelessness are most frequently to blame
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Egypt
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Politics
8/5/2021 11:13:27 AM
Many villages were ordered evacuated as more than 150 wildfires have been raging in different areas of the country
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World
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International
8/4/2021 11:06:29 AM
The fire was fueled by tinder-dry conditions caused by a protracted heat wave that began last week and sent temperatures soaring to 45 degrees Celsius (113 F)
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World
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8/3/2021 7:56:58 PM
" It is a large fire and it will take a lot of work to get this under control," greater Athens regional governor George Patoulis told state-run ERT television.
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World
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8/1/2021 9:51:02 PM
Nearly 300 firefighters, two water bomber planes and five helicopters were battling a forest fire in Greece on Sunday that destroyed homes and farm buildings and injured eight people, authorities said
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World
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International
7/31/2021 6:33:16 PM
Ninety-five firefighters, 33 trucks, four planes and helicopters have been mobilised to extinguish the fire in the Zeria region in the Peloponnese, about 210 kilometres of Athens
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World
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Region
7/28/2021 7:57:05 PM
Leaders of the three countries, speaking at a summit in Athens, were responding to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's announcement last week of plans to reopen Varosha
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World
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Region
7/24/2021 12:14:58 PM
Turkish Cypriots, backed by Ankara, said on Tuesday that part of Varosha - now a military zone and an area touted in the past to be returned to rival Greek Cypriots - would be open for potential resettlement
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World
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Region
7/23/2021 7:31:55 PM
Greek and Turkish coast guards are searching for at least eight people who remained missing after a boat carrying 45 migrants sank off the coast of Crete, officials said on Friday
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World
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International
7/17/2021 12:39:51 PM
Arrivals from the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus, Greece and the Netherlands will be subject to the new rule, which comes into effect at midnight Saturday into Sunday,
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Egypt
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Politics
7/13/2021 8:19:36 PM
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World
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International
7/11/2021 10:59:51 AM
Holidaymakers and locals were among 500 people who fled Niborio village on Evia island after a large blaze ripped through a forest on Saturday
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World
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Region
7/2/2021 11:00:00 PM
Turkey is at odds with EU members Greece and Cyprus over energy resources and jurisdiction in the region, and tensions flared last year when Turkish and Greek navy frigates escorted vessels exploring for hydrocarbons
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World
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Region
6/25/2021 5:41:51 PM
Ankara has been at particular odds with France and historic rival Greece over Turkish drilling operations near the divided island of Cyprus and search for natural gas in disputed eastern Mediterranean waters
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World
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International
6/24/2021 8:54:04 PM
'We are proud to mark the relocation of 4,000 people from Greece during trying times and are confident that we can do more together with Greece, our partners and governments across Europe', said IOM chief Gianluca Rocco
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