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UPDATE...

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/War_Terror/2007/01/12/3320068-ap.html

"Police official says blast at U.S. Embassy in Athens was 'act of terrorism'"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "ATHENS (AP) - Police cordoned off streets around the U.S. Embassy in Athens early Friday after an explosion inside the embassy compound that a senior police official said was an "act of terrorism.""

ARTICLE SNIPPET: ""This is an act of terrorism. We don't know where from," Attica Police Chief Asimakis Golfis said. "There was a shell that exploded in the toilets of the building . . . It was fired from street level."

Authorities were searching apartment buildings and a hospital nearby."

Thanks to a Special Emailer for this update:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070112/ap_on_re_eu/greece_us_embassy

"Blast at U.S. embassy called 'terrorism'"
By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS, Associated Press Writer 8 minutes ago

ATHENS, Greece -

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Police cordoned off streets around the heavily guarded building after the explosion shortly before 6 a.m. The shell struck the third floor and smashed glass in nearby buildings.

Investigators found the device used to fire the rocket shell at a construction site near the embassy.

"This is an act of terrorism. We don't know where from," Attica Police Chief Asimakis Golfis said. "There was a shell that exploded in the toilets of the building ... It was fired from street level.""