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Athens News Agency: News in English, 07-08-26Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Four major wildfire fronts still active on Sun.; death toll at 52Four separate wildfire fronts continued to rage in southern Greece on Sunday morning, with the official death toll rising to 52 in the wake of an unprecedented barrage of fires that erupted since Thursday, fanned by gale-force winds, heat and amid widespread speculation of arson.The most threatening blazes were centred in the southwest Peloponnese, the hardest hit area so far; in two districts in southern Evia island, Aliveri and Styra, as well as southeast of Athens proper at the suburban Kalyvia township. An undetermined number of people are unaccounted for, authorities said, saying fears of an even higher death toll, while dozens of individuals, mostly in the southern Peloponnese, were hospitalised. Thousands of hectares of crops, pasture land and forests were scorched. Fire-fighters looked to weaker winds and assistance from a half dozen neighbouring and west European countries -- in the form of fire-fighting aircraft -- as allies on Sunday in the battle to contain the flames. In the wake of the unprecedented natural catastrophe, Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis on Saturday evening declared a nationwide state of emergency and promised hefty financial assistance for fire-ravaged victims and regions. In expressing his personal "grief and rage" over the wildfires, Karamanlis also stressed that: " am angered, as are all Greeks, by the fact that so many wildfires occurred in so many different parts. This is not a coincidence." Caption: ANA-MPA file photo of PM Costas Karamanlis. [02] Athens Newspaper HeadlinesAn unparalleled wave of deadly wildfires in half the country, especially in the Peloponnese, dominated the front-page headlines of Athens' dailies on Sunday, as the official death toll stood at more than 50. A day earlier, Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis declared the entire country in a state of emergency, while at the same time pointing to arson.ADESFEFTOS TYPOS: Terrorist mastermind behind the fires? APOGEVMATINI: Enemy plan against our nation. Three-day national mourning AVGI: Grief and rage AVRIANI: State of emergency nationwide CHORA: War: Greece under attack ETHNOS: Mourning and rage over total destruction. 124 wildfires destroyed the country while state was planning elections ELEFTHERI ORA: Elections should be postponed ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: State of emergency, hope sought ELEFTHEROTYPIA: Words cannot describe it EPOCHI: Don't set up ballot boxes on charcoal KATHIMERINI: Fiery tragedy without mercy LOGOS: Political fall out from fires, repercussions from national tragedy NIKI: State burned, dozens of deaths from wildfires PARON: Is the report a ... bomb or noisemaker? Give names Mr. Zorbas (the independent prosecutor) PROTO THEMA: (Prime Minister Costas) Karamanlis himself morally responsible for the fires RIZOSPASTIS: Popular vigilance and mobilization against wildfires VIMA: Fires with question marks. National mourning for conflagration, parties campaign activities cancelled VRADYNI: "Categorical no to increase in VAT", exclusive interview by FinMin George Alogoskou Caption: A resident flees the flames of a wildfire near the town of Styra, in the southern part of Evia island, east of Athens, on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2007. ANA-MPA / M. KIAOU. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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