ATHENS: Security tightened fast around Athens two weeks before the Olympics, with the arrival of a NATO battalion trained to defend against weapons of mass destruction and the securing of venues including the city’s vast port.
Security officials said Europe’s biggest passenger port Piraeus would be sealed in days, ready for seven luxury cruise ships, including the Queen Mary 2, the world’s largest, that will act as floating five-star Olympic hotels.
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