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Monday, December 21, 2015

This 5,300-Year-Old Body Has The World's Oldest Known Tattoos

The oldest known tattoos belong to "Ötzi the Iceman," a 5,300-year-old mummy a pair of German hikers discovered in 1991, according to a paper slated to publish in the February 2016 edition of the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports_._ Scholars have for years debated whether Ötzi was actually the oldest tattooed human, according to Smithsonian Science News, because scientists identified a tattoo of a pencil-thin mustache on a South American mummy from the Chinchurro region that they initially dated back to about 4000 B.C.  But new research has determined that the Chinchorro mummy was not as old as originally believed, and that Ötzi actually predates it by at least 500 years. While researchers were examining the Chinchorro mummy’s radiocarbon dating, they uncovered the root of the mistake. They believe a sample of the mummy's lung tissue was dated improperly in the 1980s. This mistake was repeated in later studies, and eventually the mummy was determined to be about 4,000 years older than it actually was.  “I was surprised by the findings because in previous publications I brought attention to the tattooed Chinchorro mummy and its early date,” research associate Lars Krutak told Smithsonian Science News. “To me this mummy was like an underdog versus the all-too-popular Iceman that everyone was writing and talking about," he continued. "But after reviewing the facts, we were compelled to publish the article as soon as possible to set the record straight and stem the tide of future work compounding the error.”  Researchers have known that Ötzi had a few dozen tattoos across his legs, back, torso and left wrist, but in January they discovered a previously unknown mark hidden in deeper layers of his dark-colored skin. Ötzi has earned his title of the oldest known tattooed human, but the study's authors say he probably won't keep it for long. They used new techniques to identify Ötzi's markings -- which were found to be indicative of social and therapeutic practices that predate his existence -- that other researchers will be able to use to examine marks on future archeological finds.  Records from the ancient Greeks mention tattoos as early as the 5th century, according to Forbes. But examining the preserved human skin of mummies has revealed that the practice of tattooing dates back further than that.  “I hope this paper stimulates new research," Krutak said. "In turn, we may see the antiquity of tattooing being pushed further and further back in time, which is an exciting prospect.” _ALSO ON HUFFPOST:_ -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.


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Cafe in GREECE opens its doors so stray dogs can sleep

Cafe in GREECE opens its doors so stray dogs can sleep. Evan Bartlett | 22nd Dec 2015 8:09 AM. 0 0. PRINT. Have your say ...


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Greece-Cyprus-Israel electricity interconnection enters new phase 

Nicosia, December 21, 2015/Independent Balkan News Agency By Kyriacos Kyriacou The EuroAsia InterConnector, the 1,518 km subsea power cable connecting the Israeli, Greek and Cypriot power grids to continental Europe, entered a new stage, with the project promoter awarding three studies that will pave the way for the pre-works phase, leading to its implementation and […]


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Why Europe might get driverless cars before the US

YouTube/ polisvideo Developers of driverless cars around the world still face a major hurdle: the lack of a legal framework that will allow their creations to hit the roads. But Citymobil2, a program partially funded by the European Union, has a plan to address that very issue. If all goes according to plan, member countries of the EU could see driverless transportation legal before the United States. For the last three years, Citymobil2 has conducted pilot programs of their driverless electric shuttles to see how they can safely implement a public transit system, the most recent of which was in the tiny Greek city of Trikala. Citymobil2's electric shuttles — which are created by mobile app developer RoboSoft and driverless vehicles company EasyMile — tend to fit a maximum of 10 people and reach a speed of 15 miles per hour. Citymobil2 is currently gearing up for the last of its trials — such as one in San Sebastian, Spain — and planning to present a legal framework that would support driverless public transportation to the European Commission, which is responsible for proposing legislation, August 2016. MORE COMPREHENSIVE THAN GOOGLE? While the US works slowly to propose rules that will ensure public safety, Citymobil2 is prepping to present a legal framework for driverless public transportation to this summer, Carlos Holguin, project manager at Citymobil2, told Tech Insider. Citymobil2 has prioritized safety to ensure the European Commission adopts its proposal, drawing inspiration from railroads for its approach with driverless public transportation.  "Railways are the safest land transport system because the system is designed as a whole — it allows for a safety assessment of the whole structure," Holguin said.  Holguin said he thinks it's best to split roads into different "modules" and focus on making each individual module safe for driverless cars. That way, you can assess an entire string of modules for safety in the same way you would assess an entire railroad track. To make that vision a reality, Citymobil2 plans to place sensors in roads and create smart traffic light systems designed to better prevent collisions. "That kind of tech is simple compared to Google [cars], and we think it's more comprehensive," Holguin explained. OTHER APPROACHES YouTube/ polisvideoCitymobil2 is not the only group rolling out cars geographically. But while the program is focused on using smart streets to make its vision a reality, other companies are turning to mapping routes. Chinese internet company Baidu recently tested its autonomous driverless car on a 18.6-mile route, the technology of which will be used to create driverless public transportation in the next three years. Baidu will meticulously map routes in order to release the public transport systems geographically. Additionally, Audi, Daimler, and BMW acquired Here, the former mapping division of Nokia, to make real-time maps to aid their driverless car efforts, the Verge reported. Google is also mapping routes. Holguin said creating smart streets in conjunction with driverless cars is the safer way to go.  "That way it's not based just on what the vehicle sees from the sensors," he said. It's unclear how long it would take to implement a legal framework if the European Commission likes what Citymobil2 has to offer in August. But the fact that an EU-funded program is ready to address the legality of driverless cars before the US federal government doesn't bode well for American tech companies. Currently, there is no federal framework for implementing self-driving cars to the public in the US. That responsibility lies with the States, which are responsible for making their own regulations. But most states have not yet addressed the issue. California's Department of Motor Vehicles proposed a set of rules last week for use of driverless cars in the public. The preliminary rules prohibit autonomous vehicles that don't have a steering wheel or a brake pedal and require a human driver to be present. But Google is so unhappy with the rules that it may turn to test its driverless cars elsewhere. Holguin said he hopes that EU member countries will be able to adopt a legal framework soon to improve an otherwise lacking public transport systems. "The problem with public transportation today is lowsy quality service," Holguin said. "These kind of systems would apply good quality transportation not possible with seated drivers." NOW WATCH: The largest property developer in China is making its own driverless cars


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This Group Is Bringing A Much-Needed Resource To Refugees ...

This Group Is Bringing A Much-Needed Resource To Refugees In Greece: Clean Laundry The Dirty Girls of Lesbos Island washes what's left behind on the beaches so items ...


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Israel-Cyprus-Greece-Europe Electrical Cable Project Progresses

A new phase has begun for the EuroAsia InterConnector, the 1,518 km subsea power cable connecting the Israeli, Greek and Cypriot power grids to continental Europe. The project promoter awarded three studies “that will pave the way for the pre-works phase, leading to its implementation and commissioning. According to a company announcement, the EuroAsia InterConnector officially […] The post Israel-Cyprus-Greece-Europe Electrical Cable Project Progresses appeared first on The National Herald.


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HOLIDAY FETES –  Annunciation Rocks Christmas at Harvard Club in N.Y.

The Church of the Annunciation’s annual Stewardship Gala dinner, chaired by Cassandra Romas filled Manhattan’s Harvard Club with Greek Christmas Kefi. Later the young 350 young professionals enjoying the Mistletoe Gala next door joined the dancing. PC President Dr. John Getsos was thrilled at the Mistletoe turnout driven by Chloe Politis’ social media-based promotion. Asked how […] The post HOLIDAY FETES –  Annunciation Rocks Christmas at Harvard Club in N.Y. appeared first on The National Herald.


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GREEK Bishop Says 'Zionist Monster' Behind Same-sex Marriage Bill

Notorious for his anti-Semitic comments, Bishop Seraphim of Piraeus also says Jews orchestrated the Holocaust and were behind Greece's financial ...


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This Coffee Shop Opens Its Doors Every Night To Stray Dogs

The image was reportedly snapped at a café in GREECE, where management sees fit to offer refuge to homeless pups after closing up each evening.


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GREECE can help bring Israel, Palestine closer, says Abbas

GREECE can play a constructive mediatory role in peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, the latter's president, Mahmoud Abbas, said ...


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What You Need To Know About Greece's Year In Crisis

… ] Schauble wanted Greece to exit. I believe the Greek people didn… on Greece's financial crisis: - The Artist Telling Greeks… Hits Greece As Young Professionals Seek Financial Security - Amid Greek Austerity …


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Top Greek bishop blames ‘Zionist monster’ for gay rights bill

ATHENS, Greece (JTA) — A leading Greek bishop has blamed the “Zionist … would give same-sex couples in Greece expanded civil rights. Bishop Seraphim … represent the Church of Greece. Under the bill, Greek same-sex couples who …


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GREEK Photographer Yannis Behrakis Named Guardian's Photographer of the Year

Another GREEK photographer has been signed out for his work, this time it was GREEK-born Yannis Behrakis, who was named The Guardian's ...


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Buying GREEK bonds could be winning move in 2016 too

GREEK bonds returned 22 percent as the Mediterranean country recovered from a debt showdown with creditors led by Germany and implemented ...


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Freeport's Center Elementary School becomes GREEK Mythology Hall of Living Statues

Keyshawn Sutton, a fourth-grader at Freeport's Center Elementary School, became Poseidon Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015, for the school's Hall of Living ...


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GREEK guerrilla group claims responsibility for bomb blast in central Athens

ATHENS, Dec 21 (Reuters) - A GREEK urban guerrilla group, the People's Fighters Group, has claimed responsibility for a bomb explosion outside the ...


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Tsipras and Abbas Discuss Middle East and Palestinian State in Athens

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Athens on Monday afternoon. The two men addressed the Israeli- Palestinian conflict as well as the state of the wider region. During their conversation, the two leaders discussed how Greece can play a stabilizing role in the tumultuous region. “(Greece is) actively committed to


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Greek Police Investigating Suspicious Envelope Revealed by Anonymous Caller

An anonymous caller revealed the location of an envelope at a central spot in Athens last month and claimed responsibility for the bomb attack by militants outside the Federation of Greek Enterprises building, near the parliament in central Athens last month. The nighttime blast smashed windows in several nearby buildings, including a hotel, private apartments,


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“Athens residents shouldn’t use fireplaces due to smog,” says Energy Ministry, Dec 21-22/2015

Every winter the same story. Every winter since 2012 to be fair. A yellow-grey stinky smog cloud is hanging over Greek capital Athens due to the massive usage of fireplaces. Especially harsh is the situation when the weather conditions help the smog particles accumulate. Today the Greek Environment and Energy […]


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Soccer-Greek championship results and standings

Dec 21 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Greek championship matches on Monday Monday, December 21 AEK Athens 1 Levadiakos 2 Sunday, December 20 ...


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Lindsey Graham quits GOP race. Greek chorus exits ...

But throughout the fall, Graham appeared to become resigned to, and even revel in, serving as a sort of one-man Greek chorus to the rest of the field.


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From Climate to Iran Nukes: Global 2015

A look back at some of the big issues that flared around the world, from a third bailout in Greece to China’s claim over disputed territory in South China Sea, to Iran nukes and climate change.


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Alternate FM Xydakis meets with the Russian Ambassador to Greece, Andrey M. ...

The Alternate Foreign Minister for European Affairs, Nikos Xydakis, met at the Foreign Ministry today with the Russian Ambassador to Athens, Andrey M. Maslov.During the discussion, which took place in a friendly atmosphere, the collocutors focused on current international issues, and specifically the sanctions against Russia and the Ukraine crisis.Also discussed were the situation in Syria and the ongoing refugee crisis.


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GREEK court cases to be recorded

A project that will see recording systems installed in GREEK courts was approved on Monday. Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos signed the ...


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GREEK prosecutor drops probe into referendum coverage

A prosecutor tasked with investigating whether GREEK media had exercised undue influence in the runup to the July referendum on Greece's bailout ...


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Number of inmates at GREEK prisons down 2000

The number of people being held in GREEK prisons has fallen by around 2,000 people this year, said Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos, who ...


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15 Nobel Prize Winners Urge Europe and the USA to Help GREECE

Greek-European-Flags Fifteen Nobel laureates have co-signed a petition urging European authorities as well as the United States to help GREECE ...


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Understanding GREECE'S Year In Crisis

ATHENS, GREECE -- According to filmmakers Paul Mason and Theopi Skarlatos, Jan. 25 marked the start of a financial war. That day, Greeks handed a ...


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Archaeologists discover evidence of violent coup in ancient GREEK city of Phanagoria

A team of Russian archaeologists has reportedly discovered evidence of a violent coup at the ancient GREEK city of Phanagoria—the one-time capital ...


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GREEK Feta Pasta

Sometimes during the holidays, my taste buds start craving a simple dish to combat all the rich foods going around this time of year. That is when I trot ...


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GREEK Davis Cup player Jakupovic receives life ban for match fixing

GREEK tennis player Alexandros Jakupovic has received a life ban from the sport after the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) found him guilty of five corruption ...


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Greek Bishop Blames "Zionist Monster" For Same-Sex Legislation

… would give same-sex couples in Greece expanded civil rights. Bishop Seraphim … represent the Church of Greece. Under the bill, Greek same-sex couples who … Anti-Defamation League survey showed that Greece has Europe’s highest rate …


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Palestinian president says authority's new passports will ...

ATHENS, Greece – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says his national authority proposes to change its name on passports it issues to State of Palestine.


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The Syrian refugee helping new arrivals in Europe

Earlier this year, he travelled to GREECE alongside a Belgian couple and spent over a month on the island of Lesbos working with refugees.


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Lifeguards from Spain's party beaches are the quiet heroes of Lesbos

Teams from Spain help rescue refugees as they cross the Aegean to Greece in flimsy boats.          


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Abbas says new passports will refer to Palestinian state ...

He spoke after talks with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Abbas arrived in Greece on Sunday, and is due to address the country's Parliament on Tuesday.


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12 big geopolitical events we thought would happen in 2015

Reuters _As 2015 wraps up, here's a look at are our 12 predictions for this past year. This post was originally published on December 29, 2014. _ If 2014 proved anything, it's that guessing at the state of the world a year down the line is a vain or even slightly embarrassing endeavor. Indeed, who could have expected a year ago that Russia would take over Crimea, ISIS would break out of Al Qaeda and declare a caliphate, the US would start bombing Syria and Iraq while approaching a nuclear deal with Iran,or that Ebola would ravaged three west African countries and scare the world? Nevertheless, we're going to do our best to predict the big geopolitical stories of 2015: ARMIN ROSEN 1. THE ISLAMIC STATE WILL LOSE CONTROL OF MOSUL. The US will continue to increase the number of "advisors" on the ground in Baghdad while upgrading "coordination" with Iran in preparation for a surprise push against the city in mid-2015. The US-Kurdish-Iraqi-Iranian assault will succeed in dislodging ISIS but not in totally defeating the group. REUTERS2. THE ISRAELI ELECTIONS END IN CHAOS. A rejuvenated Labor party will win the most seats in the Knesset — but will fail to form a government, thanks to centrist and ultra-orthodox parties refusing to join one another in a coalition. Meanwhile, the insurgent Gideon Sa'ar will narrowly fail to dislodge Netanyahu as head of Likud, meaning that the Prime Minister will enter his third term in the weakest position of his political career. He will respond by entering into an unusual deal with Labor that makes the pro-peace process Tzipi Livni his foreign minister while committing the government to taking a superficially serious go at negotiating with the Palestinians. The Palestinians will quietly accede to a watered-down version of their pending UN resolution demanding an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and enter into proximity talks with the Israelis. To no one's shock, these negotiations will go nowhere. 3. TENSIONS EXPLODE BETWEEN GREECE AND TURKEY OVER DISPUTED GAS DEPOSITS IN THE AEGEAN SEA. By the end of the year, the waters off of the north of Cyprus will be thoroughly militarized with a South China Sea-like face-off between two prideful and desperate countries that are also NATO allies. The escalation will end any discussion of constructing liquid natural gas terminals in Cyprus or pipelines in the northeastern Mediterranean. This will in turn make countries reluctant to sanction Russia's energy industry and indirectly benefit Vladimir Putin. 4. THE YEAR WILL END WITH NO NUCLEAR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE US AND IRAN. Ayatollah Khamenei won't go all the way on a deal, while the P5+1, which will drop its demands on the disclosure of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps role in the country's nuclear program, won't be able to stomach Iran's requirement of a 10-year sunset clause and an insistence on plutonium reprocessing rights. The biggest foreign policy initiative of Obama's second term will basically end in failure, leading him to spend a lot more time focusing on lower-hanging fruit like rapprochement with Cuba — which he'll visit in September, at the beginning of the Caribbean tourism season. Reuters 5. FAMINE GRIPS THE CONFLICT-AFFECTED PARTS OF SOUTH SUDAN. A stalled peace process, plummeting oil production, and the prospect of US and international sanctions will leave the government of the world's newest nation in its most dire position since the country gained independence in 2011. Meanwhile, two missed growing seasons, interrupted supply lines, and increasing food prices will lead to east Africa's worst food emergency since the Somali famine of 2011. 6. ALGERIA'S ABDELAZIZ BOUTEFLIKA DIES. The longest-serving president in Algerian history has been in ill health and has barely been seen in public since his "re-election" in April of last year. It's likely he hasn't really been running things for awhile now. Despite widespread protests in Algeria during the Arab Spring period the putative president's death will have little actual impact on the country, whose socialist military government has successfully insulated Algeria against much of the chaos in neighboring Mali and Libya.  7. PUTIN'S EURASIAN UNION SLINKS INTO THE BACKGROUND. A sinking ruble will convince Armenia to indefinitely delay its membership in the Russian president's Eurasian Customs Union. The US will dangle the possibility of sanctions relief in front of Belarus as well in the hopes that the country's authoritarian and traditionally pro-Russian government switches sides. The war in Ukraine will continue but Eurasianism as a project will die in 2015. 8. AFGHANISTAN GOES BETTER THAN EXPECTED. The social and political dividend from this year's peaceful transfer of power to new president Ashraf Ghani, alongside a backstop of over 10,000 US troops and increased Pakistani operations against Taliban forces operating from their territory will prevent the kind of precipitous backsliding that many feared would accompany the end of NATO combat operations. JEREMY BENDER REUTERS9. ISIS WILL SLOWLY EVOLVE INTO A MORE AL QAEDA-LIKE ORGANIZATION: AS IT LOSES GROUND IN THE MIDDLE EAST, IT'LL FOCUS ON TERRORISM ABROAD.  This past year saw the proliferation of "lone wolf" attacks that may or may not be related to ISIS but were at least inspired by the group — car attacks in France and Canada, a hostage situation in Australia, and a shooting in Ottawa. This shift in tactics will continue as ISIS loses ground and calls on its supporters overseas to launch attacks, as it did this past September.  10. COUNTRIES WILL BE COMPELLED TO INTERVENE IN LIBYA, AGAIN. The spread of ISIS into Libya, the collapse of any central authority, the presence of two competing governments, numerous Islamic groups, a renegade general, and the proliferation of weapons from the country to terrorist hotspots around the world will lead to foreign troops again being deployed to the country.  Egypt and the UAE have already carried out airstrikes against Islamist targets in Libya. As the political situation continues to deteriorate and the chaos from Libya threatens the stability of neighboring countries like Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, and Niger, outside powers will be convinced that they have to act.  Most likely, Egypt and the UAE will continue carrying out aerial operations. Europe could also become involved in military efforts in Libya as any ongoing chaos in Libya is not too far removed from the shores of southern Europe. PIERRE BIENAIMÉ REUTERS11. ANOTHER AIRBORNE DISASTER RATCHETS UP THE TENSION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE REST OF THE WORLD. The crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was uniquely horrific. But Russia and its proxies nearly brought down civilian aircraft at other points in 2014 and could easily do so next year. Last March, a Russian military plane nearly collided with a Swedish commercial jet carrying 132 passengers. Disaster "was apparently avoided thanks only to good visibility and the alertness of the passenger plane pilots," according to a European Leadership Network report on the "dangerous brinkmanship" between Russia and the West. Another close call came in early December, again involving a Swedish passenger plane and a Russian aircraft that had turned off its transponders — the devices by which planes announce their location in order to avoid exactly these sorts of disasters. On the military side, NATO member states have scrambled planes to intercept Russian incursions three times more frequently in 2014 than in the year prior. Each confrontation had its own small window for a potential disaster with wide political and security implications. The more confrontations like this in European skies, the greater a chance for a repeat of the MH17 disaster in the new year. 12. OBAMA AND TURKEY COLLABORATE TO CREATE A BUFFER ZONE IN NORTHERN SYRIA. “My presidency is entering the fourth quarter," Obama told reporters at a year's end conference. "Interesting stuff happens in the fourth quarter, and I’m looking forward to it.” Running with the president's sports analogy, his foreign policy toward the Middle East can be summarized as overtures in the first quarter ("a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world"), selective support for some of the Arab Spring's new movements in the second, and indecision in the face of civil wars in both Syria and Iraq in the third. Part of the game-plan for the fourth started to emerge late this year: Iraqi special forces trained by the US would begin their push for ISIS territory in the spring, despite local forces eager to take the fight to the extremists sooner in Mosul. Alongside this trained force in Iraq, a no-fly zone — which Turkish officials see as a means to turn the tide against Assad — offers the Obama administration another way of addressing the deep political problems of the region with the help of its allies.    


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Vodafone GREECE offers up to 50% discounts during Xmas promo

Vodafone GREECE launched a Christmas promotion whereby it offers up to 50 percent discounts on various 4G/LTE smartphones, tablets and ...


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GREECE offers to mediate as Palestinian President Abbas visits

by Maria Spiliopoulou. ATHENS, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- GREECE can hold a constructive role in efforts to resolve the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian ...


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The decline of Europe is a global concern

In his 1898 poem “Waiting for the Barbarians”, the Greek poet CP Cavafy describes a polity that invents or exaggerates mysterious foreign threats to prop up its ...


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GREEK dockworkers launch strike against

"We will not allow the ports to be sold off," Giorgos Georgakopoulos, president of the dockworkers' union, told GREEK television in response to the plans ...


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President Werner Hoyer meets Greek officials in Athens

… Group presence in Greece. The new Investment Team for Greece will ensure … support sustainable economic recovery in Greece and much needed job creation … of the Greek economy. 'The EIB has supported the Greek economy …


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One Billion Euro Bailout Tranche Could be Released Before Christmas

Greece is likely to receive the delayed one billion euro bailout installment before Friday. European Commission spokesperson Mina Andreeva claimed on Monday that creditors will decide on the release of the money before Christmas if everything goes smoothly. “Greek authorities delivered all the outstanding input to complete the second set of milestones to the institutions for their final


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Greece poised to approve gay civil unions

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will try to claim victory but the far left sees the vote as another compromise.


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Greek banks charge higher commission for cards payments than in other EU countries

The Greek government wants to boost the use of plastic money as a means to combat tax evasion. But the banks do not share the government enthusiasm and keep their charging rates high. A vendor, a restaurant owner or a lawyer has to pay 3% or even higher commission to […]


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Greek police examine envelope thought to contain ...

ATHENS, Greece – Greek police are examining an envelope found at a central Athens spot indicated by an anonymous caller, claiming responsibility for a ...


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Former GREEK PM says Europe refugee flow will continue

George Papandreou, president of the Socialist International and former GREEK prime minister, has told an Istanbul audience that Europe's refugee ...


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GREEK Education Minister Brings Back “Eternal Students”

filis-708_16 The new bill on education is to bring back “eternal students” and the university asylum, while students will participate in dean elections.


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GREEK Museum Workers Announce Continuing Weekend Strike

B8A13B2A880D0459495AB6899B5F366E The Panhellenic Union of Antiquities Guards has decided to go on continuing weekend strikes in protest of ...


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Greek Police Receive Claim Over Athens Bomb Blast

Greek police are examining an envelope found at a central Athens spot indicated by an anonymous caller, claiming responsibility for a bomb attack by ...


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