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Hymettus damage surveyed as new fires strike
Burned trees on a slope of Mount Hymettus, northeast of Athens, are seen yesterday... |
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Foster care could be a solution
The great ease with which someone can now become a parent by adopting a child privately, in other words without any intervention from the state, has not solved the problem.
The problem in this case is not that faced by childless couples, as 90 percent of adoptions are presently done privately. No, the real problem is faced by the children who are left behind.
The children that remain at state orphanages are usually not chosen by potential parents because they often suffer from health problems. |
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Ships and islands
From the time they settled on this peninsula and fanned out across its islands, the Greeks have been a seafaring nation. The demands of travel between distant ports, and the need to trade, drove the Greeks to conquer the seas. It was a matter of survival. Today the Greeks are the dominant force in international shipping, achieving this after the catastrophe of World War II, thanks to the entrepreneurial spirit and seamanship of individuals who risked great personal danger in order to succeed. |
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