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	Guardian \| Seven children die in Paralympics bus crash
		The crash happened when a bus carrying a school party from Farkadona, a town 205 miles north of Athens, collided with a truck on one of Greece's busiest motorways.
		But he told state television that the stretch of highway was one of the few that did not have protective barriers, and the truck may have been speeding when it apparently jackknifed into oncoming traffic and hit the bus.
		Petros Hahopoulos, the headteacher of Farkadona high school, said three busloads of students had left the town at dawn to go to Athens to watch the final Paralympics events.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,5026129-103681,00.html (424 words)

	Love Difference Projects - Farkadona
		In this sense, the Farkadona case, as an experimental model can serve research the possibilities of working with this method also on the other communities that live more or less in the same context of marginalisation and “exception”.
		PPC_T has then organized the workshop on participatory devices “Emergency case situations: Farkadona case”, taking place from the 2nd to the 23rd June 2006, with the participation of Love Difference, of Brazilian media activists working with free software, of the Gudran group from Egypt and of the Watercollection.net project.
		The goal of this activity is to propose new tools for the expression and for the personal and collective growth of a ghettoized community, attempting to envision a final model that could contribute to the social incorporation of the community in the society of Farkadona.
	www.lovedifference.org /eng/network/projects/farkadona.htm (207 words)

	Athens News Agency: Daily News Bulletin in English, 04-09-28
		Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens and All Greece expressed deepest sorrow over the sudden deaths of innocent children in a written announcement, as well as his fatherly sympathy for their families, and said he would pray to God to give strength to the families of the victims and the surviving pupils.
		Coalition of the Left President Nikos Constantopoulos also stressed the poor state of the roads and pointed out that the state system had in 30 years been unable to fix 100km of national roads and put up traffic islands along the stretches that were dangerous, despite huge inflows of cash from the European Union.
		The organizing committee said that ticket holders were still free to attend the truncated ceremony, while those who preferred not to attend because of the changes would be reimbursed on display of their ticket via a procedure to be announced by Athens 2004 in the coming days.
	www.hri.org /cgi-bin/brief?/news/greek/ana/2004/04-09-28.ana.html (6961 words)

	Children's death mars paralympic closing ceremony - Sport - www.theage.com.au
		But the decision to scale back tonight's ceremony has come under fire from an Australian athlete and many Greeks, who argue life goes on and the Paralympians achievements should be rewarded.
		The teenagers were killed and 30 other people were injured when a bus taking high school students from Farkadona in central Greece to the capital for the Paralympics smashed into a truck loaded with glass.
		The truck apparently jackknifed into oncoming traffic about 150km from Athens and smashed into the bus, with witnesses reporting one of the truck's tyres burst moments before the crash.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/09/28/1096137202407.html?from=storylhs (410 words)

	LDN Love Difference News #46
		Love Difference is taking part in the workshop on participatory devices “Emergency case situations: Farkadona case”, taking place from the 2nd to the 23rd June in the refugees camp in Farkadona (Larisa – Trikala District, Greece), where a community of Greek-Pontians repatriated from the former Soviet Union lives.
		The workshop, organized by PPC_T (a Greek group of architects, teachers, artists, media experts) sees also the participation of Brazilian media activists working with free software, of the Gudran group from Egypt and of the Watercollection.net project.
		During the past two years PPC_T started a participatory process of exploring ways for the rehabilitation and the incorporation of the community at the local society, economy and cultural life.
	www.lovedifference.org /eng/community/ldn/news46_1.htm (328 words)

	Edinburgh Evening News - Students killed in Greek bus crash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		He said that the bus was carrying 37 high school students, four teachers and a driver from Farkadona, a small town 205 miles north of the capital.
		According to the principal of Farkadona high school, Petros Hahopoulos, three buses which were loaded with students left the town at dawn this morning to travel south to Athens, where the students could watch some Paralympics events at the capital’s main Olympic sports complex.
		It was the second crash involving high school students in the past 18 months.
	edinburghnews.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=1131952004 (406 words)

	Paralympic Closing Scaled Back After Tragedy- Accessibility.com.au (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Some Greeks also argued that the Paralympians' achievements should be rewarded, despite wanting to honour seven schoolchildren killed in the Athens smash.
		The teenagers were killed and 30 other people were injured when a bus taking high school students from Farkadona in central Greece to the capital for the Paralympics collided with a truck loaded with glass.
		The truck apparently jackknifed into oncoming traffic about 150km from Athens and smashed into the bus.
	www.accessibility.com.au /news/sport/athens7.htm (511 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Games finale cut after bus deaths
		A bus carrying 37 teenagers and four teachers from Farkadona, near Trikala, is reported to have collided with a lorry near the town of Kamena Vourla.
		A minute's silence will be held for the victims at Paralympic venues.
		The head teacher at Farkadona high school, Petros Hahopoulos, said three busloads of students left the town early on Monday to drive south to Athens to watch some of the Paralympics events.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3693934.stm (324 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- School bus crash kills seven teenagers headed to Paralympics
		Three of the injured were in critical condition, officials said.
		The bus was carrying 37 students, four teachers and a driver, one of three buses loaded with students that left Farkadona, a small town about 205 miles north of Athens, at dawn to head to the capital to watch the Paralympics, said Petros Hahopoulos, the principle of Farkadona high school.
		The crash took place near the seaside town of Aghios Constantinos, 108 miles north of Athens.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20040927-0616-greece-buscrash.html (466 words)

	Atlas of Student Action for the Planet : Saving energy: How we can?
		Atlas of Student Action for the Planet : Saving energy: How we can?
		Our school is located at the center of Greece in a small town called Farkadona.
		We participate in environmental projects and this year we have the subject: "Saving energy: how can we ?"
	www.un.org /Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/planet/pages/35.asp (117 words)

	Municipality of Vassiliki - Prefecture of Trikala - Greece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Municipal Board of Vassiliki held a meeting on 6/4/2006 and made decisions concerning several matters which included the acceptance of a proposal of the District of Thessaly for financing projects in “Improvement, development and manipulation of breeding grounds” of a total budget up to 84,000.00€.
		The participation of the Football Academy in a tournament that will be held in Farkadona on the 9th of April 2006 (Sunday) was also decided.
		The Municipality of Vassiliki has scheduled a number of projects that will upgrade the area.
	www.dimosvassilikis.gr /nea_eg.asp?tpage=nea (423 words)

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