Tens of thousands of Greeks house for bomb

athens - Tens of thousands of Greeks have this weekend from their home because of the dismantling of a bomb from World War II. It involves more than 70,000 people in the port city of Thessaloniki.

The 250-kilogram bomb was discovered at a depth of five meters during excavation work last week at a gas station in a busy residential area. Expert begin Sunday in very early with the dismantling, which will take several hours. Residents within a radius of two kilometers around the site to be evacuated. It is the largest peacetime evacuation in the history of the country.