<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Athens: News &amp; Videos about Athens - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Athens</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Athens from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:53:06 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Athens: News &amp; Videos about Athens - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/WORLD/europe/08/24/greece.wildfires/tztop.greece.fire.afp.gi.jpg</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Athens</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Athens from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Greek firefighters get respite, brace for strong winds</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/24/greece.wildfires/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/24/greece.wildfires/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The capital of Greece appeared safe from wildfires that have raged for days, firefighters said Monday, but they remained on standby in anticipation of flare-ups caused by strong winds.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>High winds drive on Greek wildfires</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/23/greece.wildfires/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/23/greece.wildfires/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Firefighters spent a third day battling a spate of blazes on the suburbs around the Greek capital Sunday amid gale-force winds that whipped on the fires.</description><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Richard Deitsch: An up close look at Vin Scully, Friday Night Lights football top Bucket List</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/richard_deitsch/07/17/bucket.list/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/richard_deitsch/07/17/bucket.list/index.html</guid><description>1. Dodger Stadium broadcast booth</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Athens: A new look for an old city</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/05/11/athens.greece.travel/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/05/11/athens.greece.travel/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A century and a half ago, Athens was a humble, forgotten city of about 8,000 people. Today, one out of every three Greeks packs into this city of about 4 million.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 13:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Man opens fire at unemployment center in Greece, kills self</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/10/greece.athens.shootings/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/10/greece.athens.shootings/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A man, apparently upset at the way his fellow students had been treating him, opened fire outside a training center for the unemployed in Athens on Friday, police said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Three quit in wake of helicopter prison break</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/23/greece.prison.resigns/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/23/greece.prison.resigns/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The director of a maximum-security prison and two of his colleagues resigned Monday after two inmates escaped by helicopter.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Greek shipping boss freed after ransom payment</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/20/greece.shipping.executive.kidnapped/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/20/greece.shipping.executive.kidnapped/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Kidnappers released an ailing Greek shipping magnate Tuesday, eight days after abducting him at gunpoint near his home, police said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Greek terror group: We shot policeman</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/15/greece.police.terror.group/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/15/greece.police.terror.group/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Greece's most militant terror group has claimed responsibility for shooting and critically injuring a 21-year-old policeman, according to a long statement published Thursday in a local newspaper.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Masked gunmen attack riot police in Athens</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/05/greece.riot.police.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/05/greece.riot.police.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Gunmen fired automatic weapons at Greek riot police in Athens Monday, seriously injuring a policeman in an attack police said looked like the work of one of the country's leading Marxist militant groups.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Greek protests after shooting of second teen</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/19/greece.protests/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/19/greece.protests/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Thousands of youths demonstrated in central Athens Friday as anger flared in the Greek capital following the shooting of another teenager.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Greek protests move into second week</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/15/greece.riots/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/15/greece.riots/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Greece was bracing for more riots Monday as students angry over the police killing of a 15-year-old boy in Athens threatened to take demonstrations that have left the country in turmoil into a second week.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Greek protesters call for more action</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/14/greece.riots/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/14/greece.riots/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Greek students have called for daily protests starting Monday, 10 days after the police killing of a 15-year-old boy in Athens sparked demonstrations that have thrown the country into turmoil.</description><pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 10:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Athens rocked by 7th day of clashes</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/12/greece.riots/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/12/greece.riots/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Youths smashed windows and threw rocks at police in central Athens Friday, the seventh day of clashes that erupted after a police officer killed a 15-year-old boy last Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Athens calms, but protesters vow more fighting</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/11/greece.riots/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/11/greece.riots/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Athens was mostly calm Thursday, allowing many Athenians to return to work for the first time in days, but protesters warned they were preparing themselves for street fights after nightfall.</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Clashes, strike shut down Athens</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/10/greece.riots/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/10/greece.riots/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Greek government was struggling to bring violent protests under control Wednesday, five days after they were sparked by the police killing of a teenager.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:56:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Violence flares at Greek teen's funeral</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/09/greece.riots/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/09/greece.riots/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Protesters clashed with riot police and 10,000 people marched on parliament in Greece as a 15-year-old boy killed by police was buried Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rioting rages in Greece for third day</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/08/greece.riots/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/08/greece.riots/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Authorities vowed to re-impose order after demonstrators rose up across Greece Monday in a third day of rioting over Saturday's killing of a 15-year-old boy that has left dozens injured and scores of properties destroyed.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Riots continue across Greece after teen killed by police</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/07/greece.riots/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/07/greece.riots/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Bursts of tear gas exploded in downtown Athens as police continued to battle hundreds of young self-styled anarchists rioting Sunday in major cities across Greece.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Transport strike brings Greece to a halt</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/10/08/greece.transport.strike/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/10/08/greece.transport.strike/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Greece's air, rail and urban transport came to a grinding halt Wednesday as the country's biggest labor union staged a 24-hour nationwide strike in protest of the government's plan to sell off the state's ailing carrier Olympic Airlines.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Greek Acropolis plan draws religious backlash</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/01/greece.protest/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/01/greece.protest/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Defying police presence and a thunderous downpour, dozens of Greek pagans huddled near the Parthenon in Athens on Sunday, holding a protest prayer for a museum being built at the foot of the sacred site.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Athens' cinematic secret</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/24/pistolis.tsr/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/24/pistolis.tsr/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Editor's note: Watch CNN's "The Screening Room" meet the cast of blockbuster musical "Mamma Mia!" and double Oscar-winning Greek director Constantin Costa-Gavras in Greece at the following times: Friday 25 July at 1730 and on Saturday 26 July 0730 and 1330 (all times GMT.)</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Alexander Wolff: The Redeem Team</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/alexander_wolff/07/22/redeem.team0728/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/alexander_wolff/07/22/redeem.team0728/index.html</guid><description>If Jerry Colangelo had doubts that his vision would take, they began to evaporate in the fall of 2005, shortly after Milwaukee Bucks swingman Michael Redd walked into a Chicago hotel suite for an interview with Colangelo, the man appointed to reverse the slide in the global fortunes of U.S. basketball. Dressed in sweats and with a garment bag slung over his shoulder, Redd greeted the former Phoenix Suns owner, then asked to duck into the john. Moments later he emerged -- in a suit and tie.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Earthquake jolts Greece</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/06/greece.quake/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/06/greece.quake/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A powerful earthquake measured at magnitude 6.1 and centered about 75 miles southwest of Athens startled residents of southern Greece Sunday morning, but there were no immediate reports of damage.</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>General Strike Hits Greece</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1693737,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1693737,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Tens of thousands of demonstrators jammed central Athens and the northern city of Thessaloniki on Wednesday in a general strike</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Mainland Greece's top stops</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/getaways/11/02/greece/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/getaways/11/02/greece/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>I was in Athens, on a rooftop restaurant under a floodlit Acropolis, marveling at how a Greek salad never gets boring. It was the last day of a trip I enjoyed with my wife Anne. I was reviewing, as I always do after completing an itinerary, how effectively our time was spent. We had kept our focus more on seeing historic sights on the mainland rather than luxuriating on Aegean Islands. Given that focus, here are the top 10 stops -- in itinerary order -- that make what I consider the best two weeks Greece has to offer:</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Greek revival: High style in Athens</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/getaways/10/24/athens.greece/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/getaways/10/24/athens.greece/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Since the 2004 Olympics, Greece's ancient capital, Athens, has undergone a much-needed face-lift. And with a new look drawing international attention, the city is hitting its stride.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hydra, Greece: Magical island a world away from Athens</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/getaways/10/15/greece.hydra/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/getaways/10/15/greece.hydra/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Greek island of Hydra (two hours south of Athens by hydrofoil) has one town, no real roads, no cars, not even any bikes. Zippy taxi boats whisk you from the brisk little port to isolated beaches and tavernas. Sure-footed beasts of burden climb stepped lanes -- laden with everything from sandbags and bathtubs to bottled water. Behind each mule-train toils a human pooper-scooper. I imagine picking up after your beast is required.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Official: Greek fires inch closer to Olympic cradle</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/26/greece.fires/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/26/greece.fires/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The wildfires that have scorched southern Greece, killing dozens of people, reached the ancient city of Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic games, an official said Sunday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 07:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Athens wild fire under control</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/17/fire.greece.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/17/fire.greece.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A forest fire that torched thousands of acres of pristine pine forest and dozens of homes in the northern suburbs of Athens is now under control, fire brigade officials said on Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Alabama Town May Vote Itself Dry</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1652749,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1652749,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A measure to end the sale of alcohol in Athens, Ala., is up for a citywide vote, a rare instance where voters could overturn a previous vote to allow sales</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gavin Hamilton: UEFA, Liverpool point fingers in Champions fiasco</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/gavin_hamilton/06/04/liverpool.fans/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/gavin_hamilton/06/04/liverpool.fans/index.html</guid><description>Liverpool fans are the worst behaved in Europe. So says European governing body UEFA in a report compiled by undercover police which details some 25 incidents involving Liverpool supporters in recent years.</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 08:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lost worlds become virtual heritage</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/05/08/Virtual_Heritage/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/05/08/Virtual_Heritage/index.html</guid><description>Six of the seven Ancient Wonders of the World have vanished into history, like the Lighthouse of Alexandria, which crumbled into the sea after an earthquake, and the Statue of Zeus, destroyed by fire thousands of years ago. Only the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt remain on the list.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 15:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Greek police recover stolen 700-year-old Christian icon </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/23/greece.icon/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/23/greece.icon/index.html</guid><description>Greek police on Saturday retrieved one of the most sacred symbols of Greece, a 700-year-old icon of the Virgin Mary that was stolen from a remote monastery in a stunning robbery more than a month ago.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 Sep 2006 17:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Athens explosion shakes ministry</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/12/22/greece.explosion/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/12/22/greece.explosion/index.html</guid><description>A small bomb exploded Thursday night in the center of Athens, Greece, near the Ministry of Development, slightly damaging nearby shops but causing no known casualties, police said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2005 21:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Where You'll Live</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2005/11/01/8217788/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2005/11/01/8217788/index.htm</guid><description>ese days and you'll see that the demographic landscape has changed: Seniors by the score are now mixed in among the dewy coeds, attending classes, queuing up for cultural offerings and just soaking up the energy. It shouldn't come as a surprise. For a large number of retirees, easy access to cultural events and educational opportunities has always been at least as important as year-round sunshine and well-groomed golf courses. And a collegiate environment has even more appeal in the new era of retirement, in which it's increasingly important to continue expanding your skills and knowledge base well beyond traditional retirement age. Many universities have responded by creating academic courses specifically for seniors. A decade ago, only a few dozen colleges offered such programs; today more than 300 institutions do. Other schools allow seniors to audit classes at little or no cost, fund community programs for older folks and even build housing for them. ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:39:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Explosion rocks central Athens</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/12/12/greece.explosion/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/12/12/greece.explosion/index.html</guid><description>A massive explosion shook central Athens Monday morning, causing extensive damage to an area near the Finance Ministry and the central post office, a ministry spokesman said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 06:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Greek Nov. 17 terror group appeal</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/12/02/greece.november/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/12/02/greece.november/index.html</guid><description>An appeal has started in a Greek court for members of the November 17 terrorist group, who were convicted for their roles in a terror spree -- including murders and bombings -- spanning more than a quarter of a century.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2005 10:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Where You'll Live</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2005/11/01/8358882/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2005/11/01/8358882/index.htm</guid><description>Until recently, anyone over 60 spotted around a university campus was presumed to be either a professor or an aging alum riding a nostalgia trip. But walk the streets of almost any college town the...</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>'Mayday' calls from doomed jet</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/22/greece.crash.mayday/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/22/greece.crash.mayday/index.html</guid><description>A "tired or weakened" man sent two "Mayday" calls from a Cypriot airliner before it mysteriously crashed in Greece, killing all 121 people aboard, according to a preliminary report on the accident by a Greek investigator.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2005 12:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Attendant's blood found in cockpit</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/20/greece.crash/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/20/greece.crash/index.html</guid><description>Authorities on Saturday verified that blood found in the cockpit of the Cypriot airliner that crashed near Athens, Greece, this week was that of a flight attendant, according to a source close to the investigation.</description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2005 20:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Freeze' message from jet was hoax</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/16/greece.crash.0730/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/16/greece.crash.0730/index.html</guid><description>A text message reportedly sent to a relative by a "freezing" passenger onboard the Cypriot airliner that crashed in Greece, killing all 121 people onboard, was a hoax and the sender has been arrested, the airline says.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2005 11:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pilot 'alive when plane crashed'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/16/greece.crash/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/16/greece.crash/index.html</guid><description>The co-pilot of a Cyprus airliner that crashed killing all 121 on board was alive when the plane went down, according to the chief coroner of the investigation.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2005 08:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Victims may have died before crash</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/15/greece.crash/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/15/greece.crash/index.html</guid><description>The flight recorders from the Cypriot airliner that crashed near Athens will be sent to France for examination to determine why it went down, possibly with all 121 people on board already dead.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cypriot jet crashes in Greece; 121 dead</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/14/greece.crash/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/14/greece.crash/index.html</guid><description>A Cypriot plane with "no sign of life" in its cockpit while approaching Athens crashed into a mountain near Marathon on Sunday, Greek officials said. 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