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Updated: July 30, 2010 at 09:01 AM EST

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Greek lorry drivers defy emergency strike order

BBC - Jul 30, 2010
Lorry drivers in Greece have defied an emergency order imposed by the government to end their strike, as the country's fuel shortage worsens.... »

100,000 Tourists Reported Stranded in Greece (Novinite.com)

2 dead in Greek military chopper crash (CNN)

Piraeus unable to pay its debts (eKathimerini)

High winds fan Samos wildfire (eKathimerini)

Fire on Greek island of Samos spreads, it’s 10 km southwest of main city

Athens tense after striking drivers ordered back to work (CNN)

Greece closes down consulates due to economic crisis (Xinhua)

Forced end to truck strike (eKathimerini)

Envoy on Greek Kosovo intiative (B92)

Greek Conservatives anger over Cameron overtures in Turkey (London Daily News)

Greek PM requisitions truckers on strike amid fuel crisis (France 24)

Greek Truck Drivers Talks With Government Fail, Strike May Continue (Capital.gr)

Turkish, Greek Cypriot leaders discuss property issue

Ancient Greek 'to be taught in state schools' (Telegraph.co.uk)

French police find eight dead newborn babies (BBC)

Crete attack case five to continue extradition fight (BBC)

EU brings in new statistics rules after Greek debacle (Monsters and Critics)

Nicosia seeks foreign mediation (eKathimerini)

Suspected WikiLeaks source in US (Guardian)

Military kills Mexico drug lord (BBC)

Scores killed in Pakistan plane crash (BBC)

US 'fails to account' for Iraq reconstruction billions (BBC)

Barack Obama enlists Afghan war leaks in support of policy switch (Guardian)

US withdraws 'heat ray' gun from Afghanistan (BBC)

Unions appeal wage and pension cuts (eKathimerini)

Closed profession bill seen in fall (eKathimerini)

Island staff walk off jobs (eKathimerini)

Greek Villas Marked Down 45% as Crisis Hits Island Homes (Bloomberg)

Greece ‘ahead of the curve’ on fiscal targets (Financial Times)

Plugging budget revenue holes (eKathimerini)

Defender Jean-Alain Boumsong joins Panathinaikos (USA Today)

PAOK give Dermitzakis a night to remember (UEFA.com)

PAOK get draw at Ajax in Champions League qualifying (Soccerway)

AEK Athens remain unbeaten in Sydney tournament (Yahoo)

Bet of the Day: Ajax unlikely to experience a Greek tragedy against PAOK (Goal.com)

AEK Athens beats Blackburn 2-1 (USA Today)

Review: The Lucky Child, by Marianne Apostolides (Globe and Mail)

WWII orphan helps to honor cleric who saved him (Dover Post)

Vardalos, Walden team on 'Mother's' (Variety)

Don't forget the bouzouki (St. John's Telegram, Canada)

Hain acquires yogurt company 3 Greek Gods (Seattle Times)

Deptford Township diner celebrates 30 years (Gloucester County Times, NJ)

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The United States and
the Making of Modern Greece:
History and Power, 1950-1974
Author James Edward Miller
demonstrates how U.S. officials sought,
over a period of twenty-five years,
to cultivate Greece as a strategic
Cold War ally in order to check the
spread of Soviet influence.
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On this day...

July 30

336 BC: Philip II of Macedon was assassinated. He was succeeded by his son, Alexander the Great.
1920: Two former officers - Tserepis and Kyriakis - fired ten shots at Eleftherios Venizelos at the train station of Lyon, France. The Greek PM escaped death.
1972: Archaeologists discovered a 6th Century BC temple near Kalentzi, Achaea.
1974: Foreign ministers from Greece, Turkey and the UK signed a peace agreement to settle the Cyprus crisis.
1996: Nikos Kaklamanakis won gold in the Mistral class at the Atlanta Olympics.