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Greek prisoners go over the wall
Local Greek News
Eleven men have escaped from a Greek prison after a shooting incident. The prisoners escaped after gunmen outside the prison started firing at a guard tower with hand grenades and automatic rifles. The heavy firing lasted over half an hour, with at least six grenades used. The brazen attack then began a riot, with guards and prisoners on the attack. Two guards were injured, one of ...
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Troika requests Greece stop merger of banks
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Greece's international lenders have asked Athens to halt National Bank's takeover of rival Eurobank, worried that the resulting lender would be too big for the state to deal with, two bankers close to the talks said on ...
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Love and Hope for Greece and Cyprus Warm Hearts and Light the Way at the Greek Parade on Fifth Avenue
Local Greek News
NEW YORK - The temperature was not as high as promised, nor was the sun always on display, but the hearts of Hellenes and their friends in the New York Metropolitan Area were filled with the light and warmth of their pride in their heritage and love and hope for their struggling homelands on April 7 on Manhattan's Upper East Side. The bright future for Hellenism in America was manifested on ...
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Greek parliament approves job cuts
Local Greek News
29 April 2013 Greece's parliament has approved an emergency Bill to pave the way for thousands of public sector lay-offs and free up 8.8 billion euro (5.67 billion) in international rescue ...
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Helen Flanagan holidaying in Greece sans beau Scott Sinclair
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Helen Flanagan has fled to a Greek isle without boyfriend Scott Sinclair, it has been revealed. According to the Sunday People, the day after she was crowned the UK's sexiest woman by FHM magazine, she flew off with pals to the Mediterranean country, the Mirror reported. Within hours of her departure the footie ace was dramatically taken ill and admitted to hospital. He was "comfortable" after ...
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Greek PM hopes China trip will boost his countrys ailing economy
Local Greek News
Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras hopes his four-day trip to China this week will help his country's ailing economy by attracting investment and promoting the export of Greek products. Upon the invitation of the head of the Chinese government Li Keqiang, Samaras will visit Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou from Wednesday to Sunday, and will meet several Chinese officials. He will ...
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Greek crew wins 12th Historic Acropolis Rally
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For a second consecutive year the Greek crew of Iason Fotopoulos and Aristotelis Georgiou topped the Historic Acropolis Rally after a tough three-day course across central Greece.Under the warm applause of motorsport fans on Sunday they raised the trophy of the 12th edition of the Greek rally under the Acropolis hill in Athens.The Greek organizers and fans of vintage cars praised winners as 55 ...
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Greeces Tangled Land Ownership Is a Hurdle in Recovery
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ATHENS -- Not long ago Leonidas Hamodrakas, a lawyer in Athens, decided to pay closer attention to his family's land holdings -- some fields, a scattering of buildings and a massive stone tower -- in Mani, a rural region in southern ...
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