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Article: Government: Greece safer than Britain and United States
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- October 15, 2003
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THEODORA TONGAS, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
10-15-2003
Dateline: ATHENS, Greece
With much of the world in turmoil, Olympics host Greece is safer than Britain or the United States, a senior government official said Wednesday.
Culture Minister Evangelos Venizelos, a top games coordinator, also said the Olympics would pose a security problem for any country willing to host them.
"I would be hard pressed to find another country, another city in the western world ... to have such security qualifications as Greece at this time, compared to countries that play a significant role during this international climate and countries that are subject to greater dangers than Greece, like the ...