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...blamed for more than 3,000 forest fires this year. But this week alone, a rash of deadly and uncontrollable wildfires raced through the nation, swallowing thousands of acres of scrubland in the Peloponnese - even the sacred grounds of the ancient site of the birthplace of the Olympic Games, Olympia. Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis declared a nationwide state of emergency. More controversially, the Prime Minister suggested that sabotage was behind the blazes. "So many fires, breaking out simultaneously in so many places can not be a coincidence," he said in a nationally televised address Saturday. Within days, 79 arrests...
...more votes" from neighboring Maine Senator Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, both Republicans, on the Democrats' timeline, Obama said. "But we need your help convincing your Senators here...
...Zherka hopes to flip several more G.O.P. Senators in the next couple of weeks, specifically mentioning Olympia Snowe of Maine, Gordon Smith of Oregon and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. "We're realists," he said during a July 4 parade in Washington. "We know that we need the support of Republicans." Whether or not he gets the political backing he needs now, at least he can count on future generations of public support. Behind him, a mother pushed her infant in a stroller. Perched on the front was a sign written in a child's scrawl: "My mommy just paid...
...feet away two other Republican senators held a court of their own, leeching more than a dozen reporters away from the leaders. Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, both Maine Republicans, were explaining why they feel it's important to pass legislation condemning the surge, which has sent in an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to stem the violence and give Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki a chance to unify the different Iraqi factions behind his government. "The almost complete lack of progress since the surge began on the part of the Maliki government suggests that it has... made...
...Still, some lawmakers want to regulate how long a plane can sit on the tarmac. In March, "The Airline Passenger's Bill of Rights" was introduced in both the House, by Rep. Mike Thompson, a California Democrat, and the Senate, by Barbara Boxer, a California Democrat, and Olympia Snowe, a Maine Republican. Under the bill, passengers reserve the right to deplane after four hours on the tarmac. Airlines would also be required to keep an adequate amount of food and water on hand, to maintain sanitary conditions and to keep passengers informed of the cause and timing of delays...