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...their ancestral homesteads to visit their parents and relatives. Athanassia Karta Paraskevopoulou, a 35-year-old mother of four, was among them. But last Friday, her holiday came to a tragic end while trying to flee a wildfire that thrust into her village, Artemida, in the highlands of Zaharo. Rescue teams found her burned remains in an olive grove strewn with 23 other corpses. "Her arms," said Vassilis Mitros, among the first locals at the site, "were wrapped around the bodies of her four children." Other victims in the field included Ioanna Alexandropoulou and her two grandchildren, Ioanna and Phillipos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Political Fire Also Burns in Greece | 8/28/2007 | See Source »

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