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  Greece - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Greece, (Greek: Ελλάδα, Elláda (IPA: [e̞ˈlaða]), or Ελλάς, Ellás (IPA: [e̞ˈlas])), officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία, Ellinikí Dimokratía) is a country in southern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan peninsula.
Greece was the first one to take the initiative to provide valuable help after a monstrous, magnitude 7.4 earthquake leveled much of the Turkish northwest on August 17, 1999, killing more than 17,000 people.
Greece is a global leader in shipping (ranking first in terms of ownership of vessels and third by tonnage and flag registration) [6].
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Greece   (6564 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Greece   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The 1974 democratic elections and a referendum created a parliamentary republic and abolished the monarchy; Greece joined the European Community or EC in 1981 (which became the EU in 1992).
Greece has a mixed capitalist economy with the public sector accounting for half of GDP and with per capita GDP 70% of the leading euro-zone economies.
Greece and Turkey have resumed discussions to resolve their complex maritime, air, territorial, and boundary disputes in the Aegean Sea; Cyprus question with Turkey; dispute with The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia over its name
www.brainyatlas.com /geos/gr.html   (1175 words)

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