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Forest fire damages houses, forces hotel evacuations on Greek island ...

San Diego Union-Tribune - ATHENS, Greece – Hundreds of tourists fled vacation homes and hotels Thursday when a forest fire swept across the island of Skiathos as hot, dry conditions persisted across Greece, authorities said. Whipped by strong winds, the fire raced through ...

Luxury beach houses on the block

CNN Money - Description: Parts of this historic house date back to 1750. It's on a 1.4 acre lot facing Vineyard Sound Harbor on Martha's Vineyard, a quarter mile from where the ferry from Woods Hole comes in. The house features large rooms, clapboard siding ...

Forest fire threatens houses, hotels on Skiathos island

International Herald Tribune - ATHENS, Greece: A forest fire on a Greek tourist island was threatening Thursday to engulf hotels and private houses, authorities said. The fire, which broke out in the morning hours near the beach town of Aghia Paraskevi on the island of Skiathos's ...

Plea to build new council houses

BBC News - A campaign group fighting for more council houses is holding its national conference, buoyed by Gordon Brown's plans for three million new homes. Defend Council Housing, which is backed by tenants, trade unions and MP's, says there has never been a ...

Council split on Home Street houses

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - Neighbors who have opposed elements of a proposed housing development at the corner of Pleasant and Home streets got a temporary reprieve from it moving forward. At least for two weeks. After almost an hour-and-a-half of debate, sometimes heated, a ...

Rancho Peñasquitos fire briefly threatens houses

San Diego Union-Tribune - A fire broke out shortly after noon in Rancho Peñasquitos and briefly threatened a cluster of homes. SAN DIEGO – A brush fire in Rancho Peñasquitos that broke out shortly after noon has blackened at least 8 to 10 acres of brush and briefly ...

Majority says 'no' to buying property now

Xinhua News Agency - BEIJING, July 13 -- As property prices in China continue to increase despite government measures to cool the market, the majority of respondents to a recent China Daily survey said they will not buy houses amid spiraling prices. The recent survey by ...

Five killed when plane hits Florida houses

Seattle Times - Officials examine the wreckage at the scene of a plane crash where five people were killed in Sanford, Fla., on Tuesday. In addition, two adults and a child were seriously injured. SANFORD, Fla. — A small plane carrying the husband of a NASCAR ...

Five killed when plane crashes into Fla. houses

Detroit Free Press - SANFORD, Fla. — A small plane trying to make an emergency landing crashed into two houses Tuesday, killing five people and starting fires that seriously burned three others in one of the homes, authorities said. The identities of the dead were not ...

5 Die As Small Plane Hits 2 Houses

CBS News - Review the worst air disasters during the past 35 years, see how safety officials investigate plane crashes and link to other in-depth presentations on recent major airliner disasters. (CBS/AP) A small plane trying to make an emergency landing ...