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Saturday, December 8, 2012

PAOK beats Levadiakos 1-0 in Greek league


PAOK beats Levadiakos 1-0 in Greek league
San Francisco Chronicle
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Brazilian left back Lino scored with a curling free kick in the 69th minute to give PAOK Thessaloniki a 1-0 victory over visiting Levadiakos in the Greek league on Saturday. The win left second-place PAOK seven points behind ...

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In tragedy related to Greece's financial crisis, 3 young brothers dead in ...


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In tragedy related to Greece's financial crisis, 3 young brothers dead in ...
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THESSALONIKI, Greece – In a tragedy related to Greece's financial crisis, three children died in a northern village Saturday when a fire burned down the home of their grandparents, who were using a wooden stove because heating oil prices have soared, ...
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3 young brothers dead in Greek house fire


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3 young brothers dead in Greek house fire
Houston Chronicle
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — In a tragedy related to Greece's financial crisis, three children died in a northern village Saturday when a fire burned down the home of their grandparents, who were using a wooden stove because heating oil prices have ...
3 children dead after house catches fire in Greek villageZee News

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3 young brothers dead in Greek house fire





THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — In a tragedy related to Greece's financial crisis, three children died in a northern village Saturday when a fire burned down the home of their grandparents, who were using a wooden stove because heating oil prices have soared, officials and residents said.

The price of heating oil has soared this year in Greece.

[...] last spring, heating oil was sold at a much lower price than diesel fuel, but, because a lot of heating oil was used illegally as diesel fuel to circumvent the higher price, the government decided to harmonize the prices.


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Turkey turns to human rights law to reclaim British Museum sculptures

Campaigners are going to European court in attempt to repatriate artefacts created for the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus

Human rights legislation that has overturned the convictions of terrorists and rapists could now rob the British Museum of sculptures created for one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

A Turkish challenge in the European court of human rights will be a test case for the repatriation of art from one nation to another, a potential disaster for the world's museums.

Despite criticism of their own country's human rights record, Turkish campaigners are turning to human rights law – a dramatic move to reclaim sculptures that once adorned the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, an ancient wonder along with sites such as the hanging gardens of Babylon and Egypt's pyramids.

Greek sculptors in 350BC created a 40-metre-high monument, crowned by a colossal four-horse chariot on a stepped pyramid. A magnificent horse's head is among sculptures acquired by the British Museum in the mid-19th century, which campaigners want returned to their original site – Bodrum in south-west Turkey.

An Istanbul lawyer, Remzi Kazmaz, told the Observer that a lawsuit will be filed at the European court on 30 January and that 30 lawyers are acting on behalf of the town of Bodrum as well as district and provincial governors, the Turkish ministry of culture and other bodies.

Kazmaz said: "We thank the British authorities and the British Museum for accommodating and preserving our historical and cultural heritage for the last years. However, the time has come for these assets to be returned to their place of origin ... Preparations for formal requests are taking place now."

A petition with 118,000 signatures has been organised and the Strasbourg court will be shown a documentary on how Turkey lost its ancient treasure.

Kazmaz said: "We do not believe that the artefacts were removed legally."

But he declined to elaborate on the planned legal arguments: "The lawsuit is a sensitive subject so, while I can confirm that the information you have is correct, we have to be understandably cautious".

Gwendolen Morgan, a human rights lawyer with Bindmans LLP, suggested that "the most likely line of attack" will be a breach by the UK of article 1, 1st protocol of the European convention of human rights, which states: "Every natural or legal person is entitled to the peaceful enjoyment of his possessions."

She said: "I suspect they'll use the litigation to ramp up the moral pressure on the British government … So it's quite a powerful campaigning tool … How this case will be interpreted by the European court of human rights will also be informed by the domestic law in force in the 1850s in the Ottoman empire when the mausoleum was taken by the British Museum."

She joked: "I must go to the British Museum again soon before they [the sculptures] vanish."

Norman Palmer, a leading QC specialising in cultural property law, said: "I have not heard of it [human rights] being used to raise a claim for the specific restitution of particular tangible objects … This would be a novel claim."

The case will be keenly watched by Greece, which is seeking the return of the Parthenon marbles, and Nigeria, which wants the Benin bronzes back, and other nations seeking the repatriation of cultural artefacts.

A senior source in Greece said: "Greece will be following this with interest."

The mausoleum – built for Mausolus, king of Caria – is believed to have collapsed after a medieval earthquake. Some of its sculptures were taken by crusaders to their castle at Bodrum, from where they were recovered in 1846 by the British smbassador at Constantinople and presented to the British Museum. Others were retrieved in the 1850s during site excavations by the museum.

A British Museum spokeswoman said: "We have not heard anything about the legal case … so we can't comment." But, she added: "These pieces were acquired during the course of two British initiatives, both with firmans – legal permits issued by the Ottoman authorities – that granted permission for the excavation of the site and removal of the material from the site … to the British Museum."

Turkey is also pursuing claims against other institutions worldwide, including the Getty Museum in Los Angeles.


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Investors offer about $38.8 billion euros in Greek debt buyback: source


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Investors offer about $38.8 billion euros in Greek debt buyback: source
Reuters
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece is set to purchase back about half of its debt owned by private investors, broadly succeeding in a bond buyback that is key to the country's international bailout, a Greek government official said on Saturday. Greek and ...
Investors offer about 30 billion euros in Greek debt buyback: sourceFox Business
Banks Agree to Sell Back Some Greek BondsNew York Times
Greek bond buyback a success: reportsFRANCE 24
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After long disdain, Jamaica gets 1st patois Bible

In this Dec. 3, 2012 photo, the covers of two editions of the new Jamaican patois translation of the New Testament are shown at the office of the Bible Society of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica. After years of translation from the original Greek, the Bible Society is releasing in Jamaica print and audio CD versions of the first patois translation of the New Testament, or "Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment." The language was created by slaves who were brought to the island by European colonizers, and some say it was designed to prevent slave masters from understanding their words. (AP Photo/David McFadden)When English teacher Faith Linton first proposed translating the Bible into Jamaica's patois tongue in the late 1950s, most people who heard the idea shook their heads.



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Berlusconi: I'll Run For PM Again

By Steve Scherer ROME, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Saturday he would run to become the country's...

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Investors offer about 30 billion euros in Greek debt buyback


Investors offer about 30 billion euros in Greek debt buyback - source
Reuters UK
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece is set to purchase back about half of its debt owned by private investors, broadly succeeding in a bond buyback that is key to the country's international bailout, a Greek government official said on Saturday. Greek and ...


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Greece's biggest banks back debt buyback programme


Greece's biggest banks back debt buyback programme
Irish Independent
The buyback scheme is central to efforts by Greece's euro zone and International Monetary Fund lenders to cut its debt to manageable levels and unlock aid for the debt-stricken country. Athens has pressured its banks, which hold an estimated €17bn out ...


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How Greek startups are doing their part to beat the crisis


The Next Web (blog)

How Greek startups are doing their part to beat the crisis
The Next Web (blog)
If you follow the news about Greece you must be in shock about its current situation. Billions in debt, one of the highest unemployment rates, and companies closing or moving one after the other. It certainly doesn't look like there is any future for ...


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Chattanooga Sorority Women Meet And Greek Is Dec. 20


Chattanooga Sorority Women Meet And Greek Is Dec. 20
The Chattanoogan
Hosted by the Chattanooga Alum Panhellenic, sorority women from colleges and universities across the US are welcome to represent their sorority by attending and wearing their Greek letters. Photos will be taken to promote a future event to be hosted by ...


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Anti-fascist group claims Greek far-right party bombing


Anti-fascist group claims Greek far-right party bombing
Yahoo! News (blog)
ATHENS (Reuters) - A little-known anti-fascist group said on Saturday it was behind a bomb attack on an office of Greece's far-right Golden Dawn party this week that ripped through a wall and smashed windows but caused no injuries. The dynamite-packed ...

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Inside The Dramatic Collapse Of Greece's Healthcare System


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Inside The Dramatic Collapse Of Greece's Healthcare System
Business Insider
This is an extreme and isolated case, but in every one of Thessaloniki's 13 hospitals, in Greece's second largest city, doctors are “playing God,” as Leta Zotaki, head of the radiology service of Kilkis Hospital in the north of the city, puts it. "When ...


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R&D in Greece and the debt crisis


R&D in Greece and the debt crisis
New Europe (blog)
Greece is in a deep and protracted economic recession. Austerity measures are hitting researchers in the country hard in their pockets. The economy shrank 18.4% in the past four years and the IMF forecasts it will contract another 4% in 2013 as Athens ...


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3 brothers die in northern Greece when wooden stove burns down grandparents' house

THESSALONIKI, Greece - Three brothers, ages 15, 7, and 5, have died in a northern Greek village as a result of a fire that burned down their grandparents' house.

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Greece Close to Reaching Debt-Buyback Target -Sources


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Greece Close to Reaching Debt-Buyback Target -Sources
Wall Street Journal
ATHENS--Greece is close to achieving its targets in a multibillion-euro debt-buyback plan demanded by the country's official creditors as a precondition for unlocking fresh aid to the country, officials familiar with the plan said Saturday. Early ...
Is Greece in default again?Reuters Blogs (blog)
Greece's biggest bank to take part in bond buybackPhilippine Star
Greece's biggest banks back debt buyback programmeIrish Independent
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UPDATE 2-Investors offer about 30 bln euros in Greek debt buyback-source


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UPDATE 2-Investors offer about 30 bln euros in Greek debt buyback-source
Reuters
Sat Dec 8, 2012 6:15am EST. * Athens had targeted buying about 30 bln from bondholders. * Plan is key in country's ongoing bailout. By George Georgiopoulos. ATHENS, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Greece is set to purchase back about half of its debt owned by private ...
Greece Close to Reaching Debt-Buyback Target -SourcesWall Street Journal
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More Sunday Openings for Greek Stores


More Sunday Openings for Greek Stores
Greek Reporter
Facing a bleak Christmas and holiday period as workers await more pay cuts and tax hikes, Greek retailers will be allowed to open on two Sundays – Dec. 23 and Dec. 30 – and next year will have four more Sundays added in a bid to keep more businesses ...


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Doromu: An Innovative Online Greek Store that Gives Back to Greece


Greek Reporter

Doromu: An Innovative Online Greek Store that Gives Back to Greece
Greek Reporter
An intense brainstorming session over Greek coffee, gave birth to a Greek online store that aims to help Greek Exports by giving you the opportunity to shop for Greek products and donate 10% of the proceeds to charities in Greece. With Christmas around ...


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McQuaid defeats Greece Thunder in battle of hockey unbeatens


McQuaid defeats Greece Thunder in battle of hockey unbeatens
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
This matchup was also McQuaid's first against another Section V team this season — the undefeated Greece Athena/Odyssey Thunder, no less. There was also the rush that came from McQuaid's own undefeated start, which the Knights still have after a 4-1 ...


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Top 6 Greek Island Honeymoon Destinations


Greek Reporter

Top 6 Greek Island Honeymoon Destinations
Greek Reporter
The Greek Archipelago takes up 7,500 kilometers of the country's 16,000 kilometer coastline. Is there a more ideal place for newlyweds to spend their honeymoon, where they can enjoy the hospitality of first-class hotels, roam in picturesque small towns ...


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