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GREECE An inferno that has devastated parts of Greece reached the outskirts of Athens Aug. 26, the International Herald Tribune reported. The fire also threatened the ancient ruins of Olympia on the Peloponnese, where the Olympic Games were first held. The fire has killed more than 60 people since Aug. 24.

RUSSIA Russian police arrested 10 people Aug. 27 for the 2006 murder of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, according to the BBC. The suspects include a secret service officer and the leader of a Chechen organized crime gang. Politkovskaya, a sharp critic of President Vladimir Putin, was shot outside her Moscow apartment block last October.
UK The European Union lifted an export ban Aug. 24 imposed on British livestock, meat and dairy products after veterinary experts found outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease on two farms in Surrey. The ban will continue within a 10-kilometer (6.2 miles) surveillance zone where the disease was found, according to the BBC.
ROMANIA Floods caused by heavy rains left a 19-year-old man dead Aug. 24 and more than 1,400 people stranded in the north Romanian villages of Moldovita and Vatra Moldovita, the Associated Press reported. Authorities warn that the flood, which has affected six of Romania’s 41 counties, could spread to seven neighboring counties.
FRANCE President Nicolas Sarkozy appealed to world powers to rein in Iran’s nuclear program as the only alternative to open conflict Aug. 27, Reuters reported. In the first major foreign policy speech since his election, Sarkozy also emphasized his opposition to Turkish membership in the EU and pushed for the formation of a Mediterranean Union.


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