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Greece Works to Contain Huge Wildfires

By DEREK GATOPOULOS
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ATHENS, Greece (Aug. 24) - Fire crews outside Athens scrambled Monday to exploit a lull in high winds, but the flames spread further and a dozen nuns had to be rescued from a convent threatened by one blaze.
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2009-08-22 19:52:11

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