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Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Godly giants in kilts: Meet Greece’s best-known soldiers

ATHENS, Greece — It might be the short, pleated kilts, tasseled black garters and pompom-tipped shoes, but there’s something more endearing than intimidating about Greece’s best-known military unit, the Presidential Guard. Which helps explain why ...


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