Central Greece

The Etruscan Roots of The Twilight Saga

Were there vampires in Volterra? While teenagers go completely nuts over the film's hunky vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson) – one wrote 'bite me' on her face as she queued with 5,000 others to see him in London last week –...

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Wind parks to hook up with mainland

The Environment, Energy and Climate Change Ministry announced yesterday a plan enabling renewable energy producers to build a key cable link that will allow wind park projects worth 500 million euros to move ahead. The decision...

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Browsing For A Wonderful Movie? Check Out These Popular Movie Critiques (Laurence Hess)

Anytime a Hollywood movie is made the aspiration is to produce a film that the public loves and that will become a runaway success hit. Take a wonderful story, throw in a couple of great actors along with some special effects...

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Teen shooting trial put off until January

The trial of two policemen implicated in the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos last December, due to take place in Amfissa, central Greece, on December 15, was yesterday postponed until January 20. Court...

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News : OUTLOUD 'Run All Over Greece' Tour 2009

OUTLOUD announce the band’s first tour across Greece in December 2009, presented by CROSSROADS PRODUCTIONS. After the successful release of their self titled debut album on August 28th in Europe, September 15th in North America...

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Archaeologists in Egypt Dig up a Persian Puzzle

In 525 B.C., the Persian Emperor Cambyses dispatched 50,000 of his soldiers to lay waste to an oasis temple in the Sahara because its oracle had spoken ill of his plans for world domination. But recent excavations in western...

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Mexican striker dies in Greece

LARISSA, Greece - A Mexican soccer player died after suffering from apparent heart problems at his home in central Greece, officials from a state hospital and his Greek club Larissa said Monday. Antonio De Nigris, a striker who...

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Greek Church acts on crucifix ban

The Greek Orthodox Church is urging Christians across Europe to unite in an appeal against a ban on crucifixes in classrooms in Italy. The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled last week that the presence of...

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Merchant 24760 - PRET-A-BEAUTE.COM - Accessories

Merchant provided Terms of Agreement: PRET-A-BEAUTE Affiliate Program Terms & Conditions of Agreement This agreement (“the Agreement”) is formed between LSM BRANDS SA (“PRET-A-BEAUTE”), owner of www.pret-a-beaute.com,...

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In Search Of Lost Time

Vanished Persian Army may have been found in desert (H/T Laura at 11D):According to Herodotus (484-425 B.C.), Cambyses, the son of Cyrus the Great, sent 50,000 soldiers from Thebes to attack the Oasis of Siwa and destroy the...

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Lamia (Greece) , Thebes , Karpenisi , Amfissa