AR-News: (GR)Athens tries to curb its curs - Concern grows as Olympics near

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Athens -- As it struggles to complete its odyssey of pre- Olympics
primping, this scraggly city finds itself pressed to prove more than its
ability to pave roads, plant trees and prettify monuments.

It has to show that it hasn't gone to the dogs.

They are legion, and they are leashless. Strays saunter through public
squares, tails wagging or teeth bared, depending on their dispositions and
the nearness of meaty alms. Strays flank the gilded portals to fancy
boutiques like furry, four-legged doormen with a naked hankering for table
scraps.

In an unfortunate, widely publicized incident last summer, one stray bit a
Ukrainian archery coach who was in Athens for Olympic test events and out
for a run. 

full story:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/02/29/MNGFO59IRA1.DTL

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