02/09/10-11:47
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The
municipality of Marathon in Attica on Tuesday announced a programme of
events to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary since the historic Battle
of Marathon on September 12. On this crucial battlefield, the ancient
Athenians managed to thwart invasion by a numerically superior Persian
force, inaugurating an era in which Greece flourished and laid the
foundations of western culture.
With
money donated by the Leventis Foundation, the municipality...  |
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(ANA-MPA) -- Greece will not back down from its territorial rights and
expects Ankara to prove its good intentions with actions rather than
just words, government spokesman George Petalotis stressed on
Wednesday. 
