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Radical leftists linked to shots on Greek police Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 5:15PMGreek police have reported that at least one firearm used to seriously injure a police officer early on Monday morning is linked to a radical left-wing guerrilla group.
Greek policeman shot; gun tied to extremists Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 4:42PMMon, Jan 5, 2009 (8:03 a.m.) Gunmen sprayed Athens riot police with automatic weapons fire early Monday, seriously wounding a policeman in an escalation of violence that broke out after the fatal police shooting of a teenager last month.
Gunmen Attack Police In Athens Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 4:30PMGunmen sprayed Athens riot police with automatic weapons fire, seriously wounding a policeman in an escalation of violence that broke out after the fatal police shooting of a teenager last month.
MBK: Breslin Center Next Stop for Buckeyes Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 4:08PMJan. 6, 2009 Ohio State (10-2, 1-1) at Michigan State (11-2, 2-0) Site: Breslin Center (14,759) Game Time: 7 p.m. Television: ESPN2 Talent: Dave O’Brien (Play by Play) Steve Lavin (Expert Analysis) Radio: OSU Radio Network (60 stations) Local Radio: WBNS FM-97.1 AM-1460 Radio Talent: Marty Bannister (P-by-P) Ron Stokes (Expert Analysis)
Greek policeman shot; gun tied to extremists Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 3:41PM Gunmen sprayed Athens riot police with automatic weapons fire early Monday, seriously wounding a policeman in an escalation of violence that broke out after the fatal police shooting of a teenager last month.
Gunmen seriously wound policeman in Greece shooting Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 11:22AM Source: Reuters (Adds health minister, police chief quotes, details) By Renee Maltezou and George Hatzidakis ATHENS, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Unknown gunmen shot and seriously wounded a policeman in Athens on Monday, ...
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Masked gunmen attack riot police in Athens Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 10:47AMGunmen attacked a riot police unit in Athens Monday, seriously injuring an officer following weeks of violent protests sparked by the deadly police shooting of a teenager last month.
Police officer wounded as gunmen attack Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 10:47AMGreece: Gunmen attacked a riot police unit in Athens today, seriously wounding a policeman in an escalation of violence after the fatal police shooting of a teenager last mont
Demonstrations continue worldwide over Gaza violence Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 10:47AMA child attends a protest against the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Marseille, southern France. Protests in many Muslim nations over the ground offensive in Gaza have continued to grow, with a demonstrator shot dead by Israeli troops in the West Bank. (AFP Gerard Julien)
MBK: Ohio State Makes First Big Ten Trip of 2009 Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 9:23PMOhio State vs. Minnesota Series Ohio State leads the all-time series vs. the Golden Gophers 73-53. The Buckeyes are 28-35 in Minneapolis and 45-18 in Columbus.
Pope Benedict XVI: World needs sobriety, solidarity Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 4:11PMVATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Benedict XVI is calling for "sobriety and solidarity’’ in 2009 as the world struggles with economic and social woes.
TOP NEWSMAKER: AGHS grad throws for gold at the Olympics Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 3:27PMArroyo Grande High School alumna and golden girl Stephanie Brown Trafton and her rise to Olympic fame in August makes her the top newsmaker in 2008.
World bids adieu to a rocky 2008; worries over ’09 Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 2:50PMPARIS — For many around the world watching the new year arrive, 2008 had not been pretty — slumping stocks, disappearing jobs. “I’m looking forward to 2009,” said Randolph King of England, whose retirement fund was gutted in the global financial crisis.
America Rings in 2009! Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 8:43AM NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of revelers rang in 2009 from frigid Times Square as the famous Waterford crystal ball dropped, signaling the end of a historic and troubled year that saw the election of the first black U.S. president and the worst economic crisis in decades.
TOP Ships Announces Termination of Interest Rate Derivative Contract Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 12:45PM TOP Ships Inc. announced today that it has entered into a termination agreement in respect of an interest rate derivative contract for a termination payment of $5.0 million.
In The Shadow Of Mother Theresa Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 10:31AMDecember 31, 2008: Over the last few days, there has been unrest in northern Kosovo, after a Serb teenager was knifed by two Albanian kids. The rioters burned down several Albanian shops before NATO peacekeepers were able to restore order.
The president of the Academy of Athens... Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 10:20AMThe president of the Academy of Athens, Constantinos Drakatos (r), hands Australian Ambassador Jeremy Newman a special award that the members of the research institution granted to Oliver Zammit, the father of Australian tourist Doujon Zammit killed on Myconos in the summer.
2008 Grand Prix Review – Part TWO Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 10:00AM 31 December 2008 - Monte-Carlo - The 2008 IAAF World Athletics Tour – ÅF Golden League, Super Grand Prix and Grand Prix - offered an entertaining season which climaxed at the IAAF / VTB Bank World Athletics Final, Stuttgart, Germany (13 – 14 Sep).
First snowfall... Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 12:06PMChildren making snowballs yesterday in Hortiatis, near Thessaloniki, which saw its first snowfall this winter. Plunging temperatures also brought snow to other parts of northern and central Greece and to Mount Parnitha, north of Athens. Roads were treacherous in some parts.
The Buzz Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 8:08AM Plugging a $40 billion state budget gap may be Greek to California solons, but some do turn their hand to other matters. To wit, Senate Concurrent Resolution 6. Seeing as the Greek goddess Athena graces the state seal, Sen. Elaine Alquist, D-Santa Clara, right, wants California to ask Athens, Greece, to do the sister-state thing. That would be the same Athens, Greece, where hundreds of rioters ...
Greece: 3 Attacks in Protests? Wake Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 2:13AMA Greek government official?s car was firebombed in front of his house on Friday while assailants threw a Molotov cocktail at a bank and another group attacked a police car, the authorities said.
Government and police cars, bank attacked in Greece Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 9:10PMATHENS (AFP) - A Greek government official's car was firebombed in front of his house on Friday while assailants threw a Molotov cocktail at a bank and another group attacked a police car, authorities said.
Worshipping Women: Classical Athens’ Ritual And Reality Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 4:52AMWhile politically and socially powerless, ancient Greek women controlled the spiritual aspect of daily life.
Military-Style Guerilla Attack Rattles Greek Riot Police Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 1:24AMBallistics tests show two military-type automatic rifles were used in an attack on a riot-police bus in Athens. The discovery raised fears of renewed violence by urban guerrilla groups that have targeted police in the past.
Rioters use rifles in Athens attack Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 7:48PMBallistics tests show two military-type automatic rifles were used in an attack on a riot-police bus in Athens, authorities say.
More Greeks interested in visiting Iran Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 3:22PMIran - Greece - Tourism The Greeks enthusiastically call at the Iranian Embassy in Athens to receive visas to visit Iran.
HPH drops Greek bid Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 3:01PMHutchison Port Holdings has pulled out of the tender to operate and upgrade the container terminal at Thessaloniki, Greece’s second-largest port.
Site Search: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 2:59PMTHIS is the last time that I shall have the privilege, as Bailiff, of writing a Christmas message for readers of the JEP. Retirement looms, although I hope that it will not involve a complete withdrawal from public life.
Amid Riots, Greece Acquires C4I System Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 11:46AMATHENS [MENL] -- Greece, amid the worst unrest in decades, has acquired an advanced security system from the United States. A leading U.S. firm has delivered a command, control, communications, coordination and integration system to Greek authorities.
2008: The end of illusions Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 9:23AMEven before the year started, it was evident that 2008 would be difficult, mainly because of the storm clouds gathering on the horizon as the housing market crashed in the United States.
Shots at police heighten fears Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 9:21AMA bus carrying police officers was fired at yesterday morning in the eastern Athens district of Goudi, prompting concern that the shooting of a teenager by a special guard earlier this month will be used by extremist groups as justification for an all-out assault on law enforcement.
Greece: More Protests, Mostly Peaceful Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 8:59AMAfter a two-day lull in the worst riots to hit Greece in decades, hundreds of anarchists marched through Athens on Tuesday and a gunman opened fire at a bus carrying 19 riot police officers. Two bullets hit the bus but no one was injured in the shooting, near a university campus in Athens. The anarchists chanted ?cops, pigs, murderers? and waved flags in a largely peaceful protest during the ...
Cops, protesters again clash in Athens Sunday, December 21, 2008 @ 4:40PM ATHENS, Greece, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Violence flared in Athens Sunday as protesters clashed with police at the site of the shooting that sparked weeks of riots, observers said.
Greek youths clash with police Sunday, December 21, 2008 @ 3:37PMATHENS (Dec 21, 2008): Hundreds of Greek youths fought running battles with police in Athens on Saturday night as anti-government protests entered a third week since police shot dead a teenager.
More unrest rocks Greece ahead of key budget vote Sunday, December 21, 2008 @ 2:11PMATHENS (AFP) - Street violence raged into a third week in Athens as protests sparked by the fatal shooting of a teenager fused with political tension hours from the Greek parliament's budget vote on Sunday.
Greek rioters clash with police at Athens university Sunday, December 21, 2008 @ 2:14AMHundreds of Greek rioters have been fighting pitched battles with riot police in central Athens, two weeks after the fatal shooting of a teenager by a police officer sparked the worst civic unrest in Greece in several decades.
Greek protesters hurl firebombs at police Sunday, December 21, 2008 @ 2:10AM Clashes between youths and police continued into the night Sunday around Athens Polytechnic in the district where a teenager was killed by a policeman two weeks ago sparking nationwide unrest.
Hundreds of Greek protesters clash with police Sunday, December 21, 2008 @ 2:10AM Hundreds of Greek youths fought running battles with police in Athens late on Saturday as anti-government protests entered a third week since police shot dead a teenager.
Rioters clash anew with Greek police Sunday, December 21, 2008 @ 1:56AMHundreds of rioters battled police in central Athens on Saturday.
Hundreds of Greek protesters clash with police Sunday, December 21, 2008 @ 12:54AMATHENS (Reuters) - Hundreds of Greek youths fought running battles with police in Athens late Saturday as anti-government protests entered a third week since police shot dead a teen-ager.
Greek government under fire over riots Sunday, December 14, 2008 @ 4:15PMA week of violence in Greece has taken its toll on the fragile conservative government.
Greece Calm After 8 Days Of Riots By Angry Youths Sunday, December 14, 2008 @ 4:02PMATHENS, Greece -- Athens was calm Sunday after eight days of the worst riots Greece has seen in decades, sparked by the police killing of a teenager. No demonstrations were planned for Sunday.
Street war rages for eighth day Sunday, December 14, 2008 @ 4:00PMATHENS - Rioting youths attacked a police station, stores and banks and fought running battles with police, authorities said, as violent protests against a police killing continued for the eighth straight day.
Greeks to take to the streets over death of teenager - Update Sunday, December 7, 2008 @ 11:53AMAthens - Greeks were expected to take to the streets in all corners of the country Sunday following overnight riots triggered by the death of a teenaged boy shot earlier by police. Riots raged in the Greek capital Athens throughout the night and spre...
Riots sweep Greece after police shoot boy dead Sunday, December 7, 2008 @ 11:02AMATHENS (Reuters) - Riots raged in several Greek cities on Sunday after police shot dead a teenage boy in the capital Athens, in the Mediterranean nation's worst civil disturbances in years.
Police murder 16 year old in cold blood! -- Sunday, December 7, 2008 @ 1:44AMA policeman has shot and killed with a bullet through the heart, a young 16 year old in Eksarchia, Athens. In Saturday evening, the state murderers were patrolling the streets of Eksarchia when people started shouting at them.
Anavex presents potent neuroprotective effects of Anavex 1-41 at Neuroscience 2008 Thursday, December 4, 2008 @ 2:00PM Anavex Life Sciences Corp. , a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of novel therapeutics to treat Central Nervous System diseases and cancer, was selected to present its latest results with ANAVEX 1-41 at Neuroscience 2008, the 38th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, which took place November 15-19, 2008 in Washington, DC.
Greece: Large forest fire on island of Rhodes Thursday, December 4, 2008 @ 1:11PMATHENS, Greece - Greek authorities say a large forest fire is raging on the Aegean resort island of Rhodes.
Area teams hoping for mat success Thursday, December 4, 2008 @ 9:41AMThe great tradition of wrestling can be traced back well beyond the time of ancient Greece. And although the rules have evolved over the centuries, the main principle is still the same. Put the other guy on his back.