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US: EF-1 Tornado Touches Down In Athens, AL, Leaving Devastating Damage

The National Weather Service in Huntsville has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in downtown Athens, Alabama, on Saturday night, December 28.

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UK: Protesters Gather Outside Glasgow Hampden Park Ahead Of Women’s Euro 2025 Qualifier Versus Israel

Protesters gathered outside Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow on Friday, May 31, ahead of the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifier match between Scotland and Israel to protest against Israel's military operation in Gaza.

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240428) -- BEIJING, April 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Hellenic Olympic Committee President and International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Spyros Capralos (L) passes the flame to Tony Estanguet, president of the organizing committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games "Paris 2024", during the handover ceremony of the Olympic Flame for the Paris 2024 Summer Games at Panathenaic stadium in Athens, Greece, on April 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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(SP)XINHUA SPORTS TOPSHOT

(240427) -- BEIJING, April 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Hellenic Olympic Committee President and International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Spyros Capralos (L) passes the flame to Tony Estanguet, president of the organizing committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games "Paris 2024", during the handover ceremony of the Olympic Flame for the Paris 2024 Summer Games at Panathenaic stadium in Athens, Greek on April 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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Paris 2024 Olympic flame begins journey to France

STORY: Paris 2024 Olympic flame begins journey to France SHOOTING TIME: April 27, 2024 DATELINE: April 27, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:01 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. Various of the Olympic flame for Paris 2024 on board the French ship Belem setting sail from Piraeus port 2. Various of Tony Estanguet arriving at Piraeus port with the Olympic flame for Paris 2024 3. SOUNDBITE (English): TONY ESTANGUET, President of the organizing committee of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games 4. various of the Piraeus port STORYLINE: The Olympic flame for Paris 2024 began its journey from Greece's Piraeus port to France on Saturday on board the French ship Belem. The three-masted ship set sail from Greece's largest port 90 days before the opening ceremony of the Games on July 26. It was the first time in the history of the Games that the Olympic Flame has been transported by sea. Belem, launched in 1896, the same year the first modern Olympics was hosted in Athens, carries the flame in a lantern. After

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(SP)GREECE-ATHENS-PARIS 2024-OLYMPICS-FLAME HANDOVER CEREMONY

(240427) -- ATHENS, April 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Hellenic Olympic Committee President and International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Spyros Capralos (L) passes the flame to Tony Estanguet, president of the organizing committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games "Paris 2024", during the handover ceremony of the Olympic Flame for the Paris 2024 Summer Games at Panathenaic stadium in Athens, Greek on April 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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(SP)GREECE-ATHENS-PARIS 2024-OLYMPICS-FLAME HANDOVER CEREMONY

(240427) -- ATHENS, April 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Tony Estanguet (L), president of the organizing committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games "Paris 2024", holds up the Olympic Flame during the handover ceremony of the Olympic Flame for the Paris 2024 Summer Games at Panathenaic stadium in Athens, Greek, April 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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UK: Pro-Palestine Protest In Glasgow Ahead Of World Athletics Indoor Championships

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered in Glasgow on Tuesday, February 27, ahead of the World Athletics Indoor Championships, which will start on March 1, protesting against the participation of Israeli athletes.

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Olympic torch arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - The Olympic torch (C) arrived in Beijing on March 31 aboard an airplane from Athens, following a flame-lighting ceremony in Greece last week. At right in the middle is Liu Qi, the president of the Beijing Olympics organizing committee, who carried a lantern carrying the flame from Greece.

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Beijing organizing committee president visits Athens

ATNENS, Greece - Liu Qi (2nd from R), president of the Beijing Olympic organizing committee, has visited Athens to inspect the ongoing Olympic Games.

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IOC chief Rogge inspects press center in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - International Olympic Committee President (R), accompanied by Athens Olympic organizing committee chief Gianna Angelopoulos (L) and Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, inspect the Main Press Center for the Athens Olympic Games on Aug. 6.

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Greek premier inspects Olympic complex

ATHENS, Greece - Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis (C) inspects the Athens' Olympic sports complex on Aug. 3, 10 days before the start of the Olympic Games. On his right is Gianna Angelopoulos, president of the Athens Olympic Organizing Committee.

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Angelopoulos inspects athletes' village

ATHENS, Greece - The Athens Olympic organizing committee president Gianna Angelopoulos (L) inspects the athletes' village in Athens on July 22.

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Olympic village for athletes completed

ATHENS, Greece - Athens Olympic Organizing Committee President Gianna Angelopoulos (L) attends a ceremony marking the completion of the Olympic village for athletes held in Athens on July 22.

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(2)Run-up to Athens Olympics

ATHENS, Greek - The Athens Olympic Organizing Committee said on July 15 that a special traffic control will begin in Athens on Aug. 1. A road lane bearing the Olympic logo will be exclusively for Games-related vehicles. The building seen on the left side is the Main Press Center.

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(1)Run-up to Athens Olympics

ATHENS, Greek - Gianna Angelopoulos, president of the Athens Olympic Organizing Committee, speaks at a press conference on July 15 on preparations for the 2004 summer Olympic Games opening on Aug. 13.

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(3)Olympic torch arrives back in Greece

KNOSSOS, Greece - Athens Olympic Games Organizing Committee President Gianna Angelopoulos lights a flameholder on July 10 at the palace of Knossos on the island of Crete after the Olympic flame arrived back on the island July 9. Angelopoulos is a native of Heraklion, located on the island.

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Olympic torch arrives back in Greece

HERAKLION, Greece - Athens Olympic Games Organizing Committee President Gianna Angelopoulos (R) speaks in a ceremony at the Olympic flame arrival's on the Greek island of Crete on July 9. The torch arrived from Cyprus, the last stop of the torch relay's international route that took it to five continents, before the Summer Games open in five weeks.

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(2)Olympic torch arrives back in Greece

KNOSSOS, Greece - Athens Olympic Games Organizing Committee President Gianna Angelopoulos plays the part of an Olympic torch runner July 10 at the palace of Knossos on the island of Crete after the Olympic flame arrived back on the island July 9. Angelopoulos is a native of Heraklion, located on the island.

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(1)Runners relay Olympic torch in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - With the Olympic flame in hand, a member of the Athens Olympic Organizing Committee alights from the plane from Australia at Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 6. The 53-kilometer torch relay through the Japanese capital began at the Daiba waterfront area near Tokyo bay as part of the flame's journey through the world's five continents.

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(2)Runners relay Olympic torch in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - The Olympic flame is handed to Koji Ayusawa, representative of the Tokyo metropolitan government by a member of the Athens Olympic Organizing Committee on arrival at Haneda airport from Australia on June 6.

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Official Athens Olympic poster unveiled

ATHENS, Greece - The Athens Olympic organizing committee unveiled an official poster June 3, featuring the Acropolis and Parthenon in the center surrounded by blue representing Greece's sky and sea, orange for the sun, gray for stones, and red-purple for bougainvillea.

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2004 Olympic flame runners' uniform unveiled

ATHENS, Greece - The Athens Olympic organizing committee unveils an Olympic flame runners' uniform on Jan. 14. The Games will open Aug. 13 through 29.

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Olympic flame handover ceremony

Yu Zaiqing, vice president of the organizing committee for the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, holds the Olympic flame in a lantern during the Olympic flame handover ceremony at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece, on Oct. 19, 2021.

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Olympic flame handover ceremony

Yu Zaiqing (R), vice president of the organizing committee for the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, receives the torch from Hellenic Olympic Committee President Spyros Kapralos during the Olympic flame handover ceremony at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece, on Oct. 19, 2021.

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Olympic torch arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - The Olympic torch (C) arrived in Beijing on March 31 aboard an airplane from Athens, following a flame-lighting ceremony in Greece last week. At right in the middle is Liu Qi, the president of the Beijing Olympics organizing committee, who carried a lantern carrying the flame from Greece. (Kyodo)

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(2)Olympic torch arrives back in Greece

KNOSSOS, Greece - Athens Olympic Games Organizing Committee President Gianna Angelopoulos plays the part of an Olympic torch runner July 10 at the palace of Knossos on the island of Crete after the Olympic flame arrived back on the island July 9. Angelopoulos is a native of Heraklion, located on the island. (Kyodo)

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(3)Olympic torch arrives back in Greece

KNOSSOS, Greece - Athens Olympic Games Organizing Committee President Gianna Angelopoulos lights a flameholder on July 10 at the palace of Knossos on the island of Crete after the Olympic flame arrived back on the island July 9. Angelopoulos is a native of Heraklion, located on the island. (Kyodo)

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Global journey of Olympic flame to begin

ATHENS, Greece - Athens Olympic Organizing Committee President Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki shows off the Olympic flame beside the airplane that will carry it to Sydney, where it will start its global journey before the Olympics. (Kyodo)

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Gold medal for Rio Olympics unveiled

The Rio 2016 Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games unveils a gold medal for the event starting in August in Rio De Janeiro on June 14, 2016. One side (upper) represents Athens' Panathinaiko Stadium with a goddess of victory, while the other shows a design of the Olympic logo with a leaf of laurel. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gold medal for Rio Olympics unveiled

Photo taken June 14, 2016, in Rio De Janeiro shows two sides of a gold medal for the 2016 Rio Olympics unveiled by the organizing committee for the event starting in August. One side (upper) represents Athens' Panathinaiko Stadium with a goddess of victory, while the other shows a design of the Olympic logo with a leaf of laurel. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic torch handed to Rio 2016 organizing committee

Carlos Nuzman (R), president of the Rio 2016 Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, receives a torch with the Olympic flame from Hellenic Olympic Committee President Spyros Kapralos during the handover ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens on April 27, 2016, marking 100 days to go before the start of the event in Rio de Janeiro. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic torch handed to Rio 2016 organizing committee

Hellenic Olympic Committee President Spyros Kapralos (L) holds a torch with the Olympic flame in the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens on April 27, 2016, during the ceremony to hand over the sacred fire to the Rio 2016 organizing committee. After the flame arrives in Brazil, some 12,000 torchbearers will participate in a relay through the country before the opening ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro Games on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic torch handed to Rio 2016 organizing committee

Carlos Nuzman (R), president of the Rio 2016 Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and Hellenic Olympic Committee President Spyros Kapralos hold the Olympic flame in a lamp after the handover ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens on April 27, 2016. After the flame arrives in Brazil, some 12,000 torchbearers will participate in a relay through the country before the opening ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro Games on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC chief Rogge inspects press center in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - International Olympic Committee President (R), accompanied by Athens Olympic organizing committee chief Gianna Angelopoulos (L) and Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, inspect the Main Press Center for the Athens Olympic Games on Aug. 6. (Kyodo)

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Greek premier inspects Olympic complex

ATHENS, Greece - Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis (C) inspects the Athens' Olympic sports complex on Aug. 3, 10 days before the start of the Olympic Games. On his right is Gianna Angelopoulos, president of the Athens Olympic Organizing Committee. (Kyodo)

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Beijing organizing committee president visits Athens

ATNENS, Greece - Liu Qi (2nd from R), president of the Beijing Olympic organizing committee, has visited Athens to inspect the ongoing Olympic Games. (Kyodo)

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Angelopoulos inspects athletes' village

ATHENS, Greece - The Athens Olympic organizing committee president Gianna Angelopoulos (L) inspects the athletes' village in Athens on July 22. (Kyodo)

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Olympic village for athletes completed

ATHENS, Greece - Athens Olympic Organizing Committee President Gianna Angelopoulos (L) attends a ceremony marking the completion of the Olympic village for athletes held in Athens on July 22. (Kyodo)

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Olympic flame handed over to Japan

Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee President Yoshiro Mori, seen in a video screen, gives a speech during a ceremony marking the handover of the Olympic flame to Japan on March 19, 2020, at Panathenaic Stadium in central Athens, a venue used during both the 1896 and 2004 Olympics. Mori did not attend the ceremony amid the spread of the new coronavirus (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2020 Olympic torch relay

(From L) The 2020 Tokyo Olympics organizing committee head, Yoshiro Mori, Japanese pop group Exile's leader Hiro, who is in charge of the cultural segment of the Olympic flame handover ceremony, Athens Olympic women's marathon gold medalist Mizuki Noguchi, who will be the first Japanese runner of the games' torch relay, and Tadahiro Nomura, three-time Olympic judo champion and goodwill ambassador for the games, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2020 Olympic torch relay

(From L) The 2020 Tokyo Olympics organizing committee head, Yoshiro Mori, Japanese pop group Exile's leader Hiro, who is in charge of the cultural segment of the Olympic flame handover ceremony, Athens Olympic women's marathon gold medalist Mizuki Noguchi, who will be the first Japanese runner of the games' torch relay, and Tadahiro Nomura, three-time Olympic judo champion and goodwill ambassador for the games, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2020 Olympic torch relay

(From L) The 2020 Tokyo Olympics organizing committee head, Yoshiro Mori, Japanese pop group Exile's leader Hiro, who is in charge of the cultural segment of the Olympic flame handover ceremony, Athens Olympic women's marathon gold medalist Mizuki Noguchi, who will be the first Japanese runner of the games' torch relay, and Tadahiro Nomura, three-time Olympic judo champion and goodwill ambassador for the games, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2020 Olympic torch relay

Mizuki Noguchi, the 2004 Athens Olympic women's marathon gold medalist, speaks in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2019. The organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has named Noguchi as the first Japanese runner in the torch relay, which will start March 12 in ancient Olympia. She will be the second runner to take part in the Greek leg of the relay. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2020 Olympic torch relay

Mizuki Noguchi, the 2004 Athens Olympic women's marathon gold medalist, speaks in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2019. The organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has named Noguchi as the first Japanese runner in the torch relay, which will start March 12 in ancient Olympia. She will be the second runner to take part in the Greek leg of the relay. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Noguchi named 1st Japanese to carry 2020 Olympic flame

Undated file photo shows Athens Olympic women's marathon gold medalist Mizuki Noguchi. The 2020 Games organizing committee on Nov. 11, 2019, named Noguchi the first Japanese runner for the Tokyo Olympic torch relay, which will start March 12 in ancient Olympia. Noguchi will be the second runner to take part in the Greek leg of the torch relay. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(2)Run-up to Athens Olympics

ATHENS, Greek - The Athens Olympic Organizing Committee said on July 15 that a special traffic control will begin in Athens on Aug. 1. A road lane bearing the Olympic logo will be exclusively for Games-related vehicles. The building seen on the left side is the Main Press Center. (Kyodo)

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(1)Run-up to Athens Olympics

ATHENS, Greek - Gianna Angelopoulos, president of the Athens Olympic Organizing Committee, speaks at a press conference on July 15 on preparations for the 2004 summer Olympic Games opening on Aug. 13. (Kyodo)

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Olympic torch arrives back in Greece

HERAKLION, Greece - Athens Olympic Games Organizing Committee President Gianna Angelopoulos (R) speaks in a ceremony at the Olympic flame arrival's on the Greek island of Crete on July 9. The torch arrived from Cyprus, the last stop of the torch relay's international route that took it to five continents, before the Summer Games open in five weeks. (Kyodo)

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(2)Runners relay Olympic torch in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - The Olympic flame is handed to Koji Ayusawa, representative of the Tokyo metropolitan government by a member of the Athens Olympic Organizing Committee on arrival at Haneda airport from Australia on June 6. (Kyodo)