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...DIED. PATRIARCH PETROS VII OF ALEXANDRIA, 55, leader of the Greek Orthodox Church in Africa; along with 16 others when their helicopter crashed on the way to a community of monasteries in northeastern Greece; in the Aegean Sea. Since becoming Patriarch in 1997, Petros had helped revive flagging interest in Europe's oldest established church, greatly expanding its missions and influence and acting as a peace broker between Muslims and Christians in the Middle East and North Africa...
...While addressing the audience at the Olympics' closing ceremonies, Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, summed up perfectly: "Greek friends, you have won!" And we did win, despite all the negative, bordering-on-nasty articles in the British and American press. The Olympics are special in their own way each time they are held. The Athens Games had two tremendous difficulties to overcome: having a small country as host and occurring after 9/11. But both were surmounted. The Games were splendid, they were majestic, they were magic. We Greeks were hospitable, we were proud and, most...
...Skorpios, Athina Roussel's 2,965-acre Greek island (asking price: $360 million...
...Navratilova once remarked, "Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost." Winning matters, whether we like it or not. Ancy Kuruvilla Mapusa, India While addressing the audience at the Olympics' closing ceremonies, Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, summed up perfectly: "Greek friends, you have won!" And we did win, despite all the negative, bordering-on-nasty articles in the British and American press. The Olympics are special in their own way each time they are held. The Athens Games had two tremendous difficulties to overcome: having a small country as host...
...ancient Greek games symbolized the Olympian heights man was able to attain in a golden age [Aug. 9]. It is unfortunate that greed and corruption have found their way into the modern Olympic Games. The quest for glory has made some athletes use banned drugs or other performance-enhancing products. The Games offer us a rare opportunity for unity and a chance to prove that we are worthy inheritors of the Greek ancestors who left a noble history. G.A. AMADI Aba, Nigeria...