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Egypt calls up UAE-based striker for warm-up friendlies

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Greek Prime minister George Papandreou, left, and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao pose for a picture in front of the ancient Parthenon temple at the Acropolis hill in Athens, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010. Wen vowed Saturday to double trade with Greece within five years, and to buy Greek bonds when the crisis-hit country returns to international markets. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

China’s investment in Greece tangles Europe relations

By Nikolia Apostolu — Special to The Washington Times

EU Commission chief urges Macedonia to resolve name dispute

By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES and DEMETRIS NELLAS - Associated Press

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras attends a parliament session in Athens, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. In a heated debate set to last more than 14 hours, Greek lawmakers were to decide on whether to launch an investigation into 10 senior politicians, including two former prime ministers, over allegations they were involved in a pharmaceutical bribery scandal. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greek parliament to probe 10 politicians over pharma scandal

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS and ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

A giant Greek flag hangs from a crane waves over protesters during a rally in Athens, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018. Protesters from across Greece were thronging the Greek capital's main square outside parliament Sunday to protest a potential Greek compromise in a dispute with neighboring Macedonia over the former Yugoslav republic's official name. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Macedonia renames airport, highway to ease spat with Greece

By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES - Associated Press

Israel's President Reuven Rivlin speaks during a a foundation stone-laying ceremony for a planned Holocaust museum, in the northern port city of Thessaloniki , Greece, Tuesday, Jan. 30 2018. Thessaloniki's new museum will be built next to the railway station where the city's Jews boarded the trains taking them to the camps. Thessaloniki's 55,000-strong Jewish population was deported by Nazi forces during World War II and most of its members were murdered in German concentration camps. (AP Photo/ Giannis Papanikos)

Israel president attends Holocaust museum ceremony in Greece

By COSTAS KANTOURIS - Associated Press

Skibbe to coach Greece for another 2 years

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Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades, center, Greek Prime minister Alexis Tsipras, right, and Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, shake hands after their meeting at the presidential palace in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017. The leaders of Cyprus, Egypt and Greece meet in the Cypriot capital for talks on forging closer ties and boosting cooperation on issues including energy following the discovery of gas deposits in the east Mediterranean. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Cyprus, Egypt, Greece pledge closer cooperation on migration

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

Croatia's players celebrate at the end of the World Cup qualifying play-off second leg soccer match between Greece and Croatia at Georgios Karaiskakis stadium, in Piraeus port, near Athens, Sunday Nov. 12, 2017. The match finished 0-0. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

Croatia qualifies for World Cup after 0-0 draw with Greece

By DEMETRIS NELLAS - Associated Press

Croatia's Luka Modric celebrates after scoring the opening goal of his team during the World Cup qualifying play-off first leg soccer match between Croatia and Greece at Maksimir Stadium in Zagreb, Thursday Nov. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Croatia eyes World Cup spot with 4-1 win over Greece

By DARKO BANDIC - Associated Press

FILE - This is a Saturday, June 4, 2016 file photo of Croatia's Luka Modric as he controls the ball during the international friendly soccer match between Croatia and San Marino, in Rijeka, Croatia. Modric Croatia's top player will be well-rested and fully focused when Croatia attempts to secure a World Cup spot in the playoffs against Greece beginning on Thursday Nov. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic/File)

Croatia needs Modric to get back to his best for playoff

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017 file photo, Greece's Kostas Manolas, left, and Giorgos Tzavellas, right, react after Belgium scored the opening goal during their World Cup Group H qualifying soccer match at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus port, near Athens. FIFA has suspended Greece defender Kostas Manolas for a World Cup playoff next week for trying to manipulate his disciplinary record, it was announced on Friday, Nov. 3. FIFA says Manolas was judged guilty of “intentionally seeking a yellow card” in a World Cup qualifying game. It triggered a one-match ban which he served in Greece’s final qualifier that cleaned his record for the playoffs.(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, file)

Greece defender Manolas handed World Cup playoff ban

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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump says world is adjusting to his leadership

By David R. Sands and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Portugal's Andre Silva, right, scores goal during the World Cup Group B qualifying soccer match between Portugal and Switzerland at the Luz stadium in Lisbon, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Switzerland, Italy top Europe’s World Cup playoffs lineup

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Greek media workers on 24-hour strike over health care fund

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In this undated photo provided on Monday, Sept. 11, 2017 by Hellas Gold company, an aerial view of a gold mine complex in Skouries, in the Halkidiki peninsula, northern Greece. Canadian mining company Eldorado Gold on Monday threatened to suspend a major investment in Greece in ten days, accusing the government of delaying permits and licenses. (Hellas Gold via AP)

Illegal immigration solution found in Greece

By Daniel Pipes

France's Antoine Griezmann reacts after missing a chance to score during the World Cup Group A qualifying soccer match between France and Luxembourg at the Stadium municipal in Toulouse, France, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

France held by Luxembourg; Belgium qualifies for World Cup

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

Belgium's Romelu Lukaku, center, fights for control of the ball against Gibraltar's Jason Pusey, third right, during a World Cup 2018 Group H qualifying soccer match between Belgium and Gibraltar at the Sclessin Stadium in Liege, Belgium, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Meunier leads Belgium in 9-0 masterclass over Gibraltar

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

Acropolis, other Greek sites to open as guards scrap strike

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A man walks past a car crushed under rubble near the port of the Greek island of Kos on Saturday, July 22, 2017. Hundreds of residents and tourists on the eastern Greek island of Kos spent the night sleeping outdoors, on beach lounge-chairs, in parks and olive groves or in their cars, a night after a powerful earthquake killed two tourists and injured nearly 500 others across the Aegean Sea region, in Greece and Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

The Latest: 2 aftershocks hit damaged Greek island of Kos

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