Holders Greece go out, Spain in last eight
VIENNA (Reuters) - Greece's Euro 2008 title defense petered out tamely on Saturday when they lost 1-0 to Russia but Spain became the fourth team to qualify for the quarter-finals with a last-gasp 2-1 victory over Sweden.
Nations:Greece Netherlands Russia Sweden Spain Switzerland Activities:Euro 2008 Source:(Reuters)
2008-06-15
NATO nixes Georgia, Ukraine membership
NATO decided Thursday not to put Georgia and Ukraine on track to join the alliance after vehement Russian opposition, but the alliance pledged that the strategically important Black Sea nations will become members one day.
Nations:Georgia Macedonia Russia Croatia Greece Ukraine People:Nicolas Sarkozy Angela Merkel
2008-04-03
NATO allies turn down Bush request
President Bush suffered a painful diplomatic setback Wednesday when NATO allies rebuffed his passionate pleas to put former Soviet republics Ukraine and Georgia on the path toward membership in the Western military alliance.
Nations:Ukraine Macedonia Greece Romania Russia People:Dmitry Medvedev Nicolas Sarkozy Angela Merkel Vladimir Putin Activities:Bush Admin.
2008-04-02
Protestors condemn govt over Greek fires
More than a thousand people demonstrated in Athens Tuesday against the government's management of Greece's deadly forest fires, hours after firefighters scrambled to put out the latest outbreak.
Nations:Greece Activities:2007 Greece Fire
2007-09-04
Greek forest fires could be CO2 threat
Greece's huge forest fires have been blamed by some on global warming, but satellite images of smoke plumes drifting as far as Africa prompt the question: are forests a major source of greenhouse gas?
Nations:Greece Indonesia Activities:2007 Greece Fire
2007-09-02
Anger over fires may tilt Greek election
More wildfires broke out and others rekindled Tuesday as anger rose over the government's handling of catastrophic blazes that have laid waste to vast stretches of the Greek countryside and killed at least 64 people.
Nations:Greece Activities:2007 Greece Fire
2007-08-29
Greece fires contained, focus on relief
Winds relented throughout fire-ravaged Greece, enabling thousands of firefighters Wednesday to tame a rash of fires that killed at least 64 people and obliterated huge swaths of fields and forests over six days.
Nations:Greece U.S. Activities:2007 Greece Fire
2007-08-29
Greek government faces intense criticism over fires
Greece's government faced a storm of criticism Tuesday for its handling of forest fires that were raging on for their fifth day, creating a national disaster that has claimed more than 60 lives.
Nations:Greece Activities:2007 Greece Fire
2007-08-29
Greek government criticized as fires rage on
Greece's conservative government faced mounting criticism of incompetence on Tuesday as villagers fled fierce forest fires that have killed 63 people.
Activities:2007 Greece Fire
2007-08-28
Greeks flee burning homes
Greek firefighters backed by EU teams battled raging forest blazes that have killed 63 people and opposition parties accused the government of incompetence in handling the crisis.
Activities:2007 Greece Fire
2007-08-28
Helicopters sent to save trapped Greeks
A helicopter swooped into a village in southern Greece to rescue residents trapped by flames on Monday -- one of dozens of fires that have torn through village and forest across the country, leaving blackened landscape in their wake.
Nations:Greece Bulgaria Activities:2007 Greece Fire
2007-08-27
Frantic Greeks seek aid as fires kill 63
Desperate Greek villagers encircled by flames appealed for help on Monday as strong winds fanned forest fires that have swept the country, killing 63 people in three days.
Nations:Greece France Israel Italy Spain Activities:2007 Greece Fire
2007-08-27
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