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O C V ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ Bringing the news ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ to generations of ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald Greek Americans A WEEKLY GREEK AMERICAN PUBLICATION c v www.thenationalherald.com VOL. 11, ISSUE 567 August 23, 2008 $1.25 GREECE: 1.75 EURO Dora: Russia Should Greece Wins First Three Olympic Medals in One Day Withdraw Combat Troops One Silver and Two Bronze Medals Won, And Honor The Ceasefire Basketball Team Falls By Mark Frangos By Evan C. Lambrou for a long-term military presence in Special to The National Herald Special to The National Herald Georgia, or whether it was just try- ing to inflict maximum damage be- NEW YORK – After a difficult first NEW YORK – Greek Foreign Minis- fore adhering to an E.U.-brokered week of the 2008 Olympics in Bei- ter Dora Bakoyanni attended the ceasefire and troop pullout. jing in which the Greek team had emergency meeting of NATO for- In Poti this past Tuesday morn- more doping scandals than medals, eign ministers in Brussels this past ing, Russian forces blocked access Greece finally won their first three Tuesday, August 19, a session to the naval and commercial ports medals all in one day on Sunday, called to examine developments in and towed the missile boat August 17. the Caucasus. Dioskuria, one of the Georgian It began with a third-place Speaking to reporters after the navy’s most sophisticated vessels, showing, which was won in the urgent meeting, Ms. Bakoyanni out of sight of observers. A loud ex- women's sailing in Yngling catego- said the Greek Government be- plosion was heard minutes later. ry. The three-woman crew featured lieves the ceasefire must be hon- Several hours later, an Associat- Sofia Bekatorou, the skipper, along ored; that Ossetia must return to a ed Press photographer saw Russian with Sofia Papadopoulou and Vir- calmer state as soon as possible; trucks and armored personnel car- ginia Kravarioti. The gold medal and that Russian troops must with- riers leaving the port with about 20 was won by the British crew and draw from Georgia. blindfolded and handcuffed men the silver medal by the Dutch team. “In-depth discussions were held, riding on them. Port Spokesman Chryssopigi Devetzi won a and all the member-states stated Eduard Mashevoriani told AP the bronze medal in the women's triple their positions. There is widespread men were Georgian soldiers. jump after jumping 15.23 meters in skepticism over the developments. The Russians also took with her second attempt. The gold Our position was clear. We must them four Humvees which were at medal was won by Francois Ban- pass from the current stage of the the port awaiting shipment back to got-Etonet of Cameroon with 15.39 ceasefire and return to the status the United States after participat- meters and second place by Russia's quo ante, meaning the previous sit- ing in earlier U.S.-Georgian mili- Tatiana Lebedeva of Russia with uation as soon as possible,” she tary exercises. 15.32. said. In Brussels, NATO allies warned Finally, rowers Vassilis Poly- “This is the necessary first step Russia on Tuesday that the Al- meros and Dimitrios Mougios did for the beginning of a substantive liance’s cooperation with Moscow one better by picking up the silver dialogue with the purpose of find- hinged on the pullout of Russian medal in the men's lightweight ing a final resolution through nego- combat troops from Georgia, and double sculls finals, behind rowers tiations. In this framework, what insisted the tiny Caucasus nation AP/HERBERT KNOSOWSKI from Britain. has been agreed upon is of great im- remains on track to join NATO, de- The Yngling team from Greece reacts after winning the Bronze medal during the Yngling three-women The hopeful Greek basketball portance, meaning the implementa- spite Moscow’s opposition. keelboat sailing competition of the 2008 Beijing Olympics in Qingdao on Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008. team lost in the most thrilling game tion of the six points to which Rus- “There can be no business as of the Olympics falling to Argenti- sia and Georgia have committed usual under present circum- na, 80-78, on August 20. The game themselves, and the withdrawal of stances,” said NATO Secretary- wasn't decided until Greek guard the Russian troops” she said. General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. Vasileios Spanoulis missed a three- “The NATO-Russia dialogue is of Secretary of State Condoleezza pointer from the top of the key as great importance,” she added. Rice said NATO “intends to support Greek American Diver Finishes Ninth time expired. The NATO emergency session the territorial integrity, indepen- Argentina, the defending gold was taking place the same day dence and sovereignty of Georgia,” By Mark Frangos and watched Guo defend her gold on her way to finishing ninth. No medal champion, moved on to face Russian soldiers held blindfolded and cautioned Russia not to draw Special to The National Herald medal win from Athens. one could catch Guo, whose 84- the United States in the men's Georgian servicemen at gunpoint new dividing lines across Europe. “I did watch her, even though point score on her second dive and Olympic basketball semifinals on on top of military vehicles and com- “A new line in Europe, where NEW YORK — Amid the disap- I'm not supposed to,” she said with 88.35 on her third made the Friday. mandeered U.S. Humvees in the Russia somehow asserts that there pointment of finishing out of medal a smile. “I can't help it. I started this evening anticlimactic as she won It was a rematch of the 2004 key Black Sea port of Poti. Else- are those who can not opt for a contention in the women's 3-meter sport because I love to watch it. I her second straight gold medal in semifinal, when Argentina defeat- where, they exchanged POWs with trans-Atlantic future, is unaccept- springboard finals on Sunday, Au- knew, especially after my fourth this event. Julia Pakhalina of Russia ed the Americans on route to beat- Georgia, and pulled back some able,” she added. “It’s time for the gust 13, U.S. Olympic Greek Ameri- dive, I wasn't going to be in the won the silver, 16.75 points behind ing Lithuania in the gold medal troops from the strategic city of Russian President (Dimitry can diver Christina Loukas could medals, so I tried to enjoy what I Guo. Minxia Wu of China took the game. Manu Ginobili scored a Gori. Medvedev) to keep his word to not hide her admiration for Chi- could.” bronze. game-high 24 points, including the It was a day of deeply mixed withdraw Russian forces,” Dr. Rice nese gold medalist Jingjing Guo. The fourth of Loukas' five dives Loukas finished one point be- final seven for Argentina, which messages which left the small, war- said. The 22-year-old from Riverwoods, was her undoing. Her reverse 21/2 hind teammate Foster with a total has won five in a row after losing its battered country full of anxiety Ill. has such a love for diving that somersault in the pike position Olympic opener against Lithuania. about whether Russia was aiming Continued on page 7 she put aside her disappointment scored just a 42.0, and Loukas was Continued on page 3 "I'm very tired, drained," Gino- bili said. "We won a heck of a game, it took everything we had." Ginobili gave Argentina an 80- 75 lead with 46 seconds remaining, when he drove inside for a layup. The Turkish Getting Around the Island of Milos in a Kayak Greece responded on the next pos- session with Panagiotis Vasilopou- Bushwhacking By Danylo Hawaleshka los drilling an incredible - and lucky The Toronto Star - three-pointer off the glass. Gino- bili missed a three-pointer that of Hi Jolly and MILOS, Greece – Most people have could've sealed the win with 10 sec- no practical use for the Beaufort wind scale, but it sure comes in Continued on page 7 Greek George handy on big water like the Aegean. During a daylong outing in June By Steve Frangos along the spectacular southern Special to The National Herald coast of the island of Milos, five ad- venturesome paddlers, weather re- Champion From time to time every Greek port in hand, set out in yellow and American hears tales of Turkish at- red kayaks as brightly colored as Hurdler Fails tempts to rewrite history. I usually Smarties. just ignore these stories. Denying The forecast called for Beaufort the Asia Minor Holocaust took 6, or winds building throughout Doping Tests place or that the Ottoman troops the day to reach as high as 50 did not intentionally (and under km/h, meaning large waves and orders) set fire to Smyrna are so in- spray. By Evan C. Lambrou credible only a bankrupt society Dicey for novices, but not the Special to The National Herald held together by foreign aid could group's certified guide. even offer such laughable lies to “I hate big gusts of wind,” NEW YORK – Fani Halkia, the 2004 the world. But now the Terrible Michael Watts, an experienced pad- Olympic Games women’s 400-me- Turks want to falsify Greek-Ameri- dler, would later say, only half jok- ter hurdles champion, did not de- can history and use it to revitalize ing. “They make you feel small.” fend her Olympic title in Beijing af- their failing film industry. They do indeed - and not just be- ter becoming the latest Greek ath- That the Turks still try and make cause Watts, from Goderich, Ont., lete to fail a doping test, and was money off the history of the various is 75 years old either, because he AP/BRIAN BAER expelled from the 2008 Olympic peoples they attempted to extermi- more than held his own when pow- A new week-long adventure travel package allows tourists to use kayaks to paddle around the island of Games in Beijing.