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  • Greece 'guarantees' safe Olympics

    04/07/2004 1:06:33 PM PDT · by yonif · 17 replies · 126+ views
    Jerusalem Post ^ | Apr. 7, 2004 | ASSOCIATED PRESS
    Greece's prime minister promised Wednesday to hold safe and successful Olympics despite "choking deadlines" in construction and admissions by his ministers of delays in security preparations at two key sites. "Not a single hour can be wasted," Premier Costas Caramanlis said in an interview with a magazine issued by organizers of the Aug. 13-29 Games. "Everyone knows that four months before the Olympic Games we are facing chocking deadlines." But he added: "I want to be clear, our main concern and highest priority in Olympic preparations is to secure the complete safety of the country, of athletes and visitors ......