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How the world sees Greece
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
HARRINGTON: Lifestyles of the rich and Greek
HARRINGTON: Lifestyles of the rich and GreekUniversity of Virginia The Cavalier DailyWhile I could have paid only $75 if I registered for January's Inter-Sorority Council formal recruitment before the end of September, at that point in time I was not sure if Greek life was for me. However, the common advice is for women to try ...
NC law protects Greek houses
NC law protects Greek housesThe Daily Tar HeelHouse Bill 74 was signed into law by Gov. Pat McCrory on Aug. 23. The law allows Greek organizations without formal recognition from their university to keep their houses as long as they have a charter from a national chapter. Fraternities and ...
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Readers' travel tips: Greek coastal tavernas and cafes
The GuardianReaders' travel tips: Greek coastal tavernas and cafesThe GuardianHave you discovered the perfect place to sit and watch the waves roll in while sipping an ouzo or eating a fresh feta-laden Greek salad? Share your tip on your favourite Greek seaside taverna, cafe or bar via GuardianWitness and you could win this week ...
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Champions League: Greek tragedy for Manchester United at Olympiakos
CNN InternationalChampions League: Greek tragedy for Manchester United at OlympiakosCNN International(CNN) -- If Manchester United were hoping to escape their domestic troubles in Europe then the English Premier League champions only found more tragedy in Greece. Olympiakos swept aside a lacklustre United side 2-0 to see the two-time Champions ...Olympiacos 2-0 Manchester United: Greek tragedy leaves David Moyes on brink ...Belfast TelegraphManchester United's Greek Tragedy Preludes Champions League AbsenceNESN.comGreek misery for United as Olympiakos win 2-0Zee NewsTimes of India -Irish Independentall 980 news articles »
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Moyes shuffles midfield for Olympiakos test
Piraeus (Greece) (AFP) - Manchester United manager David Moyes made three changes to his midfield for his side's Champions League last 16 first-leg match at Olympiakos in Piraeus on Tuesday.
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Tanker hijacked off Angola in Jan returned, minus $8 million of diesel
LUANDA (Reuters) - An oil tanker hijacked for a week off Angola in January has been returned to the country's authorities, a board member at state oil firm Sonangol said on Tuesday, adding that the hijackers had stolen diesel worth $8 million from the ship.
The Liberian-flagged MT Kerala was under a time charter contract for Sonangol when it vanished off the coast of the capital Luanda on January 18 before being intercepted by the Nigerian navy a week later.
The incident raised concerns that piracy is spreading south from the Gulf of Guinea, near Africa's biggest oil producer Nigeria, where most hijacking gangs originate.
Angola is the continent's second-biggest crude operator and almost all of its production is offshore.
The incident sparked a row between the Angolan government, which accused the crew of disabling the ship's communications to fake a pirate attack, and the vessel's Greek owners, who said pirates hijacked the vessel and stole a large quantity of cargo.
"The MT Kerala was found in Nigerian waters, but as the coast there did not offer security it was taken to Ghanaian waters and then recovered with help from both countries' authorities and brought to Luanda," Sonangol board member Anabela Fonseca told a news conference.
"It is now with Angola government authorities ... We (Sonangol) managed to recover around 78 percent of the cargo, but they managed to transfer about 12,000 tonnes of diesel, so that is what we lost," she added, without commenting on who was responsible for the theft.
Mateus Neto, also a member of Sonangol's board, told the news conference that the diesel the company lost was worth around $8 million.
(Reporting by Shrikesh Laxmidas; editing by Andrew Roche)
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This Map Shows Where People Are Most Satisfied With Their Country's Direction
Like many things, optimism about a country's course varies widely around the world. In some countries, an overwhelming majority of citizens feel like their country is on track, and in others, an equally overwhelming majority believe the opposite.
To see this, below is a map based on data from the 2013 Pew Research Global Attitudes Project. It shows the percentage of the populations in the surveyed countries that were satisfied with their country's direction.
The citizens of China and Malaysia appear to be very satisfied with their countries' directions, with 85% and 83% of their respective populations answering positively.
The bottom of the list consists of countries in the troubled Southern European periphery — Spain (5% satisfied), Italy (3%), and Greece (2%). With enduring high unemployment and political turmoil, it is not surprising that huge majorities find their countries headed in the wrong direction.
The United States falls near the middle of the surveyed countries, with 31% of respondents saying they were satisfied with the country's direction.
Here is a list of the countries, adapted from Pew Research's summary data:
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