Gaga, a caring godmother
August 12th, 2012 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Aug 12 (IANS) Singer Lady Gaga is reportedly making a special wing for her godson Zachart Furnish-John in her new house on the Greek island of Crete.Two-year-old Zachart, ... Read more...
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Kids in Greece ask Santa for jobs for parents
December 24th, 2011 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
Athens, Dec 24 (IANS) For the first time since a "Santa Claus Post Office" opened around two decades ago in Greece, children in the debt-hit country have not only asked ... Read more...
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Naomi Campbell engaged?
August 3rd, 2011 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 3 (IANS) Naomi Campbell hinted that she is engaged to boyfriend Vladislav Doronin when she blew up 50,000 pounds on fireworks while holidaying on the island of ... Read more...
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Strong earthquake rocks Greek island, felt in Egypt
April 1st, 2011 - 9:44 pm ICT by BNO News
CRETE, GREECE (BNO NEWS) -- A strong earthquake struck off the Greek island of Crete on late Friday afternoon, seismologists said, damaging some homes but causing no casualties.The 6.2-magnitude earthquake at 4.29 ... Read more...
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Bangladesh opposes military action in Libya
March 22nd, 2011 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 22 (IANS) With thousands of Bangladeshi workers still inside Libya, Dhaka has urged international troops to show restraint and resort to force "only when absolutely essential and solely ... Read more...
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Compensation sought for evacuees from Arab world
March 9th, 2011 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) An inter-governmental legal body has called for compensation for thousands of foreign workers, including Indians, who have lost their jobs and are being evacuated from ... Read more...
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Three Bangladeshi evacuees from Libya drown off Crete
March 7th, 2011 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 7 (IANS) Three Bangladeshis from Libya have drowned after they tried to flee a rescue ship docked at the Greek island of Crete in an apparent bid ... Read more...
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Three Bangladeshis fleeing Libya drown off Greek island of Crete
March 6th, 2011 - 10:41 pm ICT by BNO News
CRETE, GREECE (BNO NEWS) -- At least three Bangladeshi evacuees from conflict-ridden Libya drowned on Sunday after jumping from a Greek ferry as it was docking at Souda in the southern Greek ... Read more...
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Nearly 36,000 Chinese evacuated from Libya
March 3rd, 2011 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 3 (IANS) Around 35,860 Chinese nationals have been evacuated from Libya since protests began against the regime of long-time leader Muammar Gaddafi, the ministry of foreign affairs has ... Read more...
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Thousands of Bangladeshis stranded in Libya
March 2nd, 2011 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 2 (IANS) Over 15,000 Bangladeshis are stranded in Libyan capital Tripoli, while the government has received distress messages from 45,000 more working in other parts of the North ... Read more...
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Nearly 300 immigrants on hunger strike occupy Athens University
January 26th, 2011 - 12:30 am ICT by BNO News
ATHENS (BNO NEWS) -- About 300 immigrants demanding to be legalized began a hunger strike at the Law School of Athens University on Tuesday amidst criticisms from academics and politicians, the Kathimerini ... Read more...
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Ancient tools show man sailed the seas 130,000 years ago
January 5th, 2011 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 5 (IANS) Archaeologists have discovered a set of tools that point to man sailing the seas tens of thousands of years earlier than previously thought.Rough axes and other tools, thought ... Read more...
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Pilot killed after F-16 jets collide off Crete (Lead)
August 26th, 2010 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
Athens, Aug 26 (DPA) A pilot was killed Thursday after two Greek F16 fighter planes collided during a military exercise off the southern Mediterranean island of Crete, the Defence Ministry said.
Reports ... Read more...
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Discovery of stone tools at Crete push back seafaring by 130,000 years
February 16th, 2010 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 16 (ANI): Discoveries made during the last two summers on the Greek island of Crete have revealed stone tools dating back to 130,000 years, which is being considered strong evidence ... Read more...
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130,000-year-old tools in Crete reveal world’s earliest seafaring
January 19th, 2010 - 5:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, January 19 (ANI): An archaeological survey in Crete has revealed evidence for the world's earliest seafaring, in the form of tools of Lower Palaeolithic type, which are at least 130,000 years ... Read more...
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Ancient hominids may have been seafarers
January 10th, 2010 - 12:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 10 (ANI): New evidence has emerged recently which indicates that ancient hominids that left Africa hundreds of thousands of years ago to see the rest of the world may have ... Read more...
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Quarry on Crete could be original site of ancient Greek Labyrinth
October 16th, 2009 - 3:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 16 (ANI): An Anglo-Greek team believes that an old stone quarry on the Greek island of Crete, which has a network of underground tunnels, could be the original site of ... Read more...
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Riot police clash with protesters in Athens again
December 19th, 2008 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Athens, Dec 19 (DPA) Hundreds of demonstrators have clashed with the police in front of the Greek parliament in central Athens, with protesters hurling paint and riot police retaliating with teargas.The clashes ... Read more...
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Youths wreck banks, businesses in pre-dawn Athens attacks
December 13th, 2008 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
Athens, Dec 13 (DPA) Hooded youths firebombed banks and businesses in pre-dawn attacks across Athens Saturday in the eighth day of civil unrest triggered by the shooting of a 15-year-old boy by ... Read more...
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Greek civil unrest continues over police shooting of boy (Roundup)
December 8th, 2008 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
Athens, Dec 7 (DPA) Civil unrest broke out across Greece Sunday as hundreds of demonstrators clashed with riot police in Athens and the northern port city of Thessaloniki in the second day ... Read more...
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