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Friday, March 25, 2016

Ottawa teens talk about two-week humantarian aid trip to Lesvos, GREECE

Two Ottawa teenagers say a recent trip to a refugee camp in GREECE has changed their outlook on the desperate plight of these people. The girls spent ...


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GREECE man suspected of poisoning co-worker's coffee

Macedon, N.Y. - Police have arrested a GREECE man who they suspect poisoned his co-worker's coffee. According to our partners at The Times of ...


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How Dust Travels Thousands of Miles, from the Africa to GREECE and Italy

GREECE just can't seem to get a break. The country in the midst of an interminable economic crisis, and on the front lines of a tragic migration crisis, ...


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Is “Batman v Superman” a battle royale? “Greek Wedding 2” an event? Popcorn Bag movie reviews!

… Bags   2) MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2(PG-13) Universal   RUSS … romantic comedy, “My Big Fat Greek Wedding.” Hardcore fans of the … family reunion, “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2.” However, it… 's shamelessly generic. The Greek version of a Tyler Perry …


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A day in Idomeni

Tens of thousands of refugees stuck at the Greece-Macedonia border refuse to move to government-run camps.


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Cyprus President expresses support to GREECE on Independence Day

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades expressed on Friday his country's support to GREECE`s efforts to exit the adverse economic crisis and address ...


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MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 Soundtrack Album Out Today

Back Lot Music released the soundtrack album for My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, the long-awaited follow-up to the highest-grossing romantic comedy of all time, it was announced today. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack includes new ...


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Deputy Secretary of State Higginbottom Travel to Greece and Switzerland

Heather Higginbottom, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, will travel to Lesvos, Greece and Geneva, Switzerland. Deputy Secretary Higginbottom’s trip to Greece on March 28 underscores the U.S. Government’s support for Greece’s ...


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How Paris In 'My Big Fat GREEK Wedding 2' Subverts The Stereotype Of The Sullen Teen Girl ...

I'm delighted to report, however, that My Big Fat GREEK Wedding 2does not fall into this trap. Paris, the 17-year-old daughter of Toula and Ian, isn't the ...


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My Big Fat GREEK Wedding 2 Is Great When You're High

I arrived at the movie theater in Fresh Meadows, Queens on opening night of My Big Fat GREEK Wedding 2 the way anyone should—full of buffalo ...


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'My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2' Review: Only Die-Hard Fans of the Original Will Be Charmed

The sequel to the 2002 low-budget romantic comedy that became a global smash hit, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2" more or less picks up in real time with where those characters are now. Toula -- again played by creator and writer Nia Vardalos -- and her still ...


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Large Group Firebombs Police Station in Central Athens

A group of around 20 assailants threw Molotov cocktail bombs late on Thursday night at a police station in Pangrati, a busy residential neighborhood in central Athens, Greece. According to Greek police reports no one was injured in the attack, but the homemade firebombs caused damage to the exterior of the police precinct’s building. At


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Greek Finance Minister Says IMF Must Adopt a More Moderate Stance on Labor Rights in Greece

Greek finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos says IMF should respect a country’s acquired social benefits and entitlements in an interview in the daily Ta Nea. At the same time, Mr. Tsakalotos is careful not to cause further friction between his government and the Fund by underlining that the views of certain members of the Fund involved


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Evacuation of Idomeni camp started, but majority of refugees reluctant

The first bus full of Syrian refugees left the Idomeni camp for a camp in Veroia at 5 o’ clock on Friday afternoon. A total of 20 buses hired by the Greek authorities have been waiting since the morning to take refugees and migrants to accommodation centers in the North […]


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"My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album Released Today on Back Lot Music

LOS ANGELES, March 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Back Lot Music released the soundtrack album for My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, the long-awaited follow-up to the highest-grossing romantic comedy of all time, it was announced today. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 ...


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Suicide bomber kills 26 at a crowded park outside Baghdad

[iraq baghdad car bomb]Wissm al-Okili/Reuters BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber detonated a suicide belt in the middle of a crowd at a park in Iskandariya, a town south of Baghdad, on Friday, killing 26 and wounding 71, said the provincial head of security, Falah al-Khafaji. The attack happened at 7:15 p.m. (1615 GMT) at the end of soccer game. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast, but Islamic State militants regularly launch such attacks. Iskandariya, 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Baghdad, is a mixed Sunni and Shi'ite town. (Reporting by Maher Chmaytelli. Editing Stephen Kalin.) NOW WATCH: IAN BREMMER: Greece is headed for a humanitarian disaster


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The Human Body Has A Lot Of Flaws, But We Can Fix 'Em

T he Greek s were obsessed with the mathematically perfect body.


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Frontex Calls for More Police Officers to Help GREECE Return Migrants to Turkey

EU border management agency Frontex has urged member states to pledge more police officers to support GREECE in returning migrants to Turkey.


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Greek Minister of Economy Hopes Agreement With Creditors Will Be Reached by April 22

Minister of Economy Giorgos Stathakis addressed the issue of the ongoing negotiation talks with Greece’s creditors while in Chania, the second largest city of Crete. Responding to a reporter’s question about the status of the negotiation talks, Mr ...


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My Big Fat Not So Greek Family Premiere

The cast of ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2’ all play members of a giant greek family. As it turns out, most of the actors aren’t greek, but they have many similarities between their heritage and the greeks.


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Bulgaria, Fearing Migrant Wave, Set to Build Fence on Greece Border, PM Says

Bulgaria is ready to build a fence on its border with Greece to keep out migrants amid fears they could head its way after the Western Balkan route was closed, Prime Minister Boiko Borisov said Friday. Parliament last month voted to let Bulgaria's army ...


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New Democracy Leader Calls for a ‘Common Front’ to Greece’s Current Difficulties

In his message on the occasion of Greek Independence Day, the leader of the New Democracy Party Kyriakos Mitsotakis focused on the need of a “common front” in light of the challenges and difficulties facing the nation today. “We honor the Greek women ...


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'My Big Fat GREEK Wedding 2' is more of the same with diminishing results

Review: I tried to like "My Big Fat GREEK Wedding 2," I really did. It's been a decade or so since I watched the original, but I remember it being a fairly ...


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See What Critics Are Saying About 'My Big Fat GREEK Wedding 2′

“My Big Fat GREEK Wedding 2″ is currently at 26 percent on the Tomatometer; here's what some of the critics are saying: Rotten: “It's understandable ...


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Bulgaria to build wall on Greek border if necessary

… route in the strip between Greece and Macedonia, Bulgarian Premier Boyko … as it did previously for Greece. The conditions in the refugee … are better than those in Greece where living conditions are …


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Taking to the waters for a dip into the Greek good life

… of a quick whizz to Corfu while living in Puglia. Well … seeing the beautiful island of Corfu on the dawn horizon, outlined … gorgeous island, you will enjoy Greek delights aplenty. Just remind Uncle … for a dip into the Greek good life A big thank …


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Barry University

So friendly competition never hurts! Watch as the Greeks go head to head in various obstacles and challenges! Or come out a join the competition by joining a Greek Team. CAB Local Lounge - Greek Sync – Lambda Theta Phi Probate Join us for a night of ...


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GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY: A NATIONAL DAY OF CELEBRATION OF GREEK AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, 2016

Inspired by ancient Greece’s example, America’s Founding Fathers drew on Hellenic principles to guide our democracy in its nascence. Nearly half a century after the Stars and Stripes first flew over our country, a flag was raised on a mountaintop in ...


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Interview: The Cast and Crew Talk My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2

The struggle to impress your close-knight large extended family with your personal and professional decisions can often be a harrowing experience, whether you’re trying to inspire them for the first time or awe them once again after your previous ...


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'My Big Fat GREEK Wedding 2' Succeeds as a Feel-Good Film

The first My Big Fat GREEK Wedding, a comedy about a sometimes suffocatingly close-knit immigrant family and star-crossed love, hit the big screen in ...


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Review: GREEK Leanings, With an Element of Surprise, at 251 Lex

The dining room at 251 Lex, where the chef, Constantine Kalandranis, serves creative takes on GREEK cuisine. Credit Suzy Allman for The New York ...


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"Batman v Superman", "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2" Open Today

There are some glimmers of innovation within Greek Wedding 2, and Vardalos should at least be applauded for trying to shake things up a bit within the safe confines of the family sitcom. It never works. The jokes about the family's obsession with their ...


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Migrants stuck on Greece’s border face hunger, cold and illnesses

Men, women and children stranded at a dismal camp near the Greek-Macedonian border braced for another day of suffering on Friday. With the break of dawn, the exhausted and battered migrants stood in a long snakelike line to receive bread, oranges and snacks.


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President Proclaims 3/25/2016 Greek Independence Day

GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY: A NATIONAL DAY OF CELEBRATION OF GREEK AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, 2016 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION   Inspired by ancient Greece’s example, America’s Founding Fathers drew on Hellenic principles to guide our democracy in its nascence. Nearly half a century after the Stars and Stripes first […]


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Alexander Nehamas: the Art of Philosophy by a Real Philosopher

    Alexander Nehamas is one of the most accredited and notable philosophers in the United States. An Edmund N. Carpenter II Class of 1943 Professor in Humanities, Professor of Philosophy, and Professor of Comparative Literature at Princeton University. Ever since he was little, he was fascinated by Ancient Greece: by its literature, its art, […]


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Letter from Athens

Erdogan’s Big Migrant Scam Hoodwinks EU, Greece Not since the Indians sold Manhattan for $23 and some beads, the Louisiana Purchase, or the Red Sox trading Babe Ruth to the Yanks for $100,000 and No, No Nanette has there been such a one-sided migrant deal as the swindle Turkish Dictator-for-Life Recep Tayyip Erdogan pulled on […]


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Greek police and protesters clash outside Lesbos refugee center

Protesters and riot police clashed during a demonstration against the establishment of refugee 'hotspots' and deportation near the Moria refugee center on the Greek island of Lesbos on Thursday. Volunteers and activists who had worked in the refugee center ...


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My Big Fat Greek New York

It took moving from Manhattan's posh West Village to Astoria, Queens for one writer to reconnect with her Greek roots. Here, she shares the best places to eat, drink, and dance in the "mini Greece" she now proudly calls home. As the daughter of Greek ...


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My big GREEK family loved My Big Fat GREEK Wedding 2

He grew up the son of GREEK immigrant restaurant owners, and I grew up in a family that thought spaghetti in a can was exotic. But five years almost to ...


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Meet My Big Fat GREEK Wedding 2's New Star! Elena Kampouris Dishes on Feeling 'at Home ...

"Literally, I could've won like the Nobel Peace Prize and it would've meant nothing," the New York-born actress of a GREEK father and French-American ...


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Greek Cypriot side launches new round of gas exploration

Greek Cyprus has launched a third licensing round for offshore oil and gas drilling off the Mediterranean island’s southern coast


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Borisov: Greece's refugee centers are horrifying compared to those in Macedonia

… migrant crisis. Borisov also blamed Greece for disastrously bad conditions at … should be run.   "The Greek Government has failed to take … play areas for children. Meanwhile Greece took in millions from Brussels …


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GREECE'S state broadcaster ERT, ANA-MPA launch new Arabic refugee bulletins

It provides full coverage of news from GREECE relating to refugees in the country, as well as the more important news items of the day within the country ...


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Syrian refugee children deserve the same welcome I was given in 1939

On the eve of the second world war Britain offered sanctuary to 10,000 unaccompanied Jewish children. We must show similar compassion now On Monday the House of Lords approved by 306 to 204 an amendment to the immigration bill that would oblige the home secretary to admit 3,000 unaccompanied child refugees to the UK. According to Save the Children there are an estimated 26,000 unaccompanied children in Europe. They are believed to be mainly in Greece, Italy and the Calais area. According to the Italian authorities, several thousand of the children who arrived there last year have simply disappeared. The fear is that these children might fall victim to gangs who would exploit them as slave labour or for prostitution. In any case the winter is not over and they must be enduring appalling conditions. By taking in 3,000 of these children, the UK will encourage other European governments to play their part. Continue reading...


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Nearly 1,900 unaccompanied children among refugees stranded in Greece need urgent aid: NGO

Among the most vulnerable refugees currently stranded in Greece are at least 1,900 unaccompanied minors who need urgent assistance from local and European authorities to have a chance to survive and move forward in life, a Greek NGO warned here on Thursday.


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Bulgaria PM: I expect real problem to come from GREECE

Sofia. “I expect real problem to come from GREECE,” said Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, speaking Friday at the regular parliamentary control ...


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Greek export companies receive 'Active GREECE Awards 2016"

'GREECE was and will remain the country of democracy and solidarity', he said, adding that the role of the export sector of GREECE was not only a ...


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Historian Frank Kolb shifts Trojan War from Turkey to GREECE

Instead, it “reflects a war between neighbouring tribes in central GREECE”. Ilios is Homer's preferred name — a Greek name — and TheIliad is, ...


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Frustration turns to desperation at Idomeni migrant camp in GREECE

Some others blocked a railway line running through the camp on the GREECE-Macedonia border and another group sat in the middle of a nearby ...


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Energy investors want Greek political, economic equilibrium

ATHENS – A politically stable environment and tax regime that will help Greece meet its debt obligations will allow foreign investment to flow into the Mediterranean country and explore the nation’s untapped energy potential, Energean Oil & Gas CEO ...


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