Read more Athens stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/10970/athens.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:21:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68583/europes-sleaziest-tourist-destinations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAh, Europe, home of landmark cafés, glorious historic churches—and stinking, dangerous red-light districts rife with hookers, drug dealers, and pickpockets. Correspondents for the Times of London highlight the continent's most tawdry areas. Reeperbahn, Hamburg : Germany's decorous port town turns as seedy as it gets here. Pimps fight turf wars...http://www.newser.com/story/68583/europes-sleaziest-tourist-destinations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 05 Sep 2009 18:13:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68389/bomb-hits-athens-stock-exchange.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA car bomb blast outside the Athens stock exchange damaged the building and injured a female pedestrian, the BBC reports. A second bomb detonated outside a government building in Thessaloniki, causing minor damage and no injuries. The blasts are suspected of being the work of Greek extremist group Revolutionary Struggle....http://www.newser.com/story/68389/bomb-hits-athens-stock-exchange.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Sep 2009 3:26:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67522/raging-wildfires-force-greeks-to-flee.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDozens of wildfires are raging across Greece today, forcing villagers to flee and threatening to scorch ancient landmarks, the BBC reports. Fanned by gale-force winds, the flames are also creeping up on the nation's capital, where one suburb has already received evacuation orders, the AP reports. "The coming night will...http://www.newser.com/story/67522/raging-wildfires-force-greeks-to-flee.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 22 Aug 2009 17:34:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62102/parthenon-gets-the-museum-it-deserves.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Parthenon has been called the one “absolutely right” building on the planet, and it now has a fitting memorial, Christopher Hitchens writes in Vanity Fair . Hitchens is among the first to visit the new Acropolis Museum in Athens, and it does not disappoint. Artifacts, expert reproductions, and a stunning...http://www.newser.com/story/62102/parthenon-gets-the-museum-it-deserves.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Jun 2009 13:52:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57214/police-hunt-for-georgia-prof-suspected-of-killing-3.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAuthorities were on a nationwide manhunt for a University of Georgia professor suspected in the shooting deaths of three people, including his ex-wife, at a community theater near campus today. Police were searching for 57-year-old George Zinkhan, who has been a marketing professor at the university in Athens since the...http://www.newser.com/story/57214/police-hunt-for-georgia-prof-suspected-of-killing-3.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 25 Apr 2009 21:41:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/46780/cranky-travelers-diss-overrated-hot-spots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagItaly? Ugly. Grand Canyon? A pain. No travel hot spot is safe after cranky readers filled Los Angeles Times inboxes with their picks for "overrated travel destinations." Bali: "Mosquitoes ate us up," wrote two travelers, and "there was poverty everywhere." Austin: "About the only thing Austin has going for it...http://www.newser.com/story/46780/cranky-travelers-diss-overrated-hot-spots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 04 Jan 2009 5:29:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44941/cops-egg-on-greek-rioters-as-strike-fizzles.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAthens police said yesterday that they were pursuing a de-escalation strategy, but the scene that unfolded outside Athens Polytechnic last night didn’t look like de-escalation. As black-clad rioters shouted slogans from behind the university’s fence, police on the other side threw rocks at them, yelling “Come on out, you cowards!...http://www.newser.com/story/44941/cops-egg-on-greek-rioters-as-strike-fizzles.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 10 Dec 2008 8:43:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44856/greek-teens-funeral-spurs-more-riots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMore violence broke out today in Athens following the funeral of the 15-year-old boy shot by police on Saturday, the New York Times reports. Hundreds gathered for the hour-long funeral, which was ringed by riot police. After the otherwise peaceful ceremony, groups of youths began throwing gasoline bombs and rocks,...http://www.newser.com/story/44856/greek-teens-funeral-spurs-more-riots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Dec 2008 12:04:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44783/officials-vow-crackdown-as-rioters-trash-athens.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGreek officials vowed to crack down on rioters battling police and tearing up Athens and other major cities in the worst street violence in three decades, the Guardian reports. The rioting was sparked Saturday after police shot to death a teenage boy, and intensified violence is expected today as the...http://www.newser.com/story/44783/officials-vow-crackdown-as-rioters-trash-athens.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Dec 2008 2:44:57 CST