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  • Russian boy stabbed on vacation in Crete flown to Germany for further treatment

    A Russian boy who suffered extensive injuries when he was stabbed during a vacation on the Greek island of Crete is being treated at a hospital in Germany.Berlin's Charite hospital said Thursday that the 12-year-old arrived overnight and is being treated in its children's clinic. It said it could give no further information because of patient confidentiality rules.The Russian boy was ...

  • Before Midnight Captures Greek Romance

    (AP Photo/Sony Pictures Classics, Despina Spyrou) Ethan Hawke (L) and Julie Delpy, in a scene from the film, Before Midnight that was shot in western Greece and is full of romantic imagery, portraying Greece in the best possible light. It comes at a good time, with tourists returning in big numbers. She: "Baby, you are gonna miss that plane." He: "I know." Does that exchange ...

  • IMF board to discuss Greece on May 31 mission heading to Athens

    WASHINGTON | Thu May 23, 2013 11:40am EDT WASHINGTON May 23 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will send a team to Greece early next month for talks with Greek authorities and the IMF's bailout partners, following a meeting of the IMF executive board to discuss a review of Greece's program, the IMF said on Thursday. The IMF has joined Greece's euro zone partners in ...

  • UPDATE 1-Greek betting firm OPAP posts lowest profit in 10 years

    Thu May 23, 2013 11:15am EDT * Q1 net profit 38.9 mln euros, lowest since Q4 2003 * Sales down 18 percent y/y, below analysts' forecast * OPAP sticks to 2013 net profit forecast of 116 mln eur (Adds detail, background) ATHENS, May 23 (Reuters) - Greek gambling monopoly OPAP posted its lowest quarterly profit in almost ten years and missed analysts' sales forecast on Thursday, hurt by ...

  • Samaras Will Follow Ireland’s Lead

    Irish leader Enda Kenny After meeting his Irish counterpart Enda Kenny in Athens on May 23, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said Greece could use the Irish model for getting out of an economic crisis. Like Greece, Ireland needed the help of international lenders and imposed hard austerity measures. But, unlike in Greece, the Irish didn’t protest, go on strike or riot. "Achieving ...


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JCVD [Blu-Ray]

JCVD [Blu-Ray]

The opening shot of Mabrouk El Mechris JCVD is an astonishing long take in which the camera tracks the eponymous action star Jean-Claude Van Damme as he does what we expect him to be doing: taking out bad guys with round-house kicks, rescuing a hostage, and leaving a lot of fiery explosions and ... ...

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  • Dairy farmers are drowning in Greek yogurts acidic byproduct

    Greek yogurt is a booming $2 billion a year industry -- and it's producing millions of pounds of waste that industry insiders are scrambling to figure out what to do ...

  • Greek Yogurt Fad Not Fading

    America's Test Kitchen host, Chris Kimball, on a recent broadcast. He's talking about yogurt, a food that can feel less like breakfast and more like penance. That is, until Greek yogurt came along. It's the Farrah Fawcett of dairy, going from nowhere to everywhere seemingly overnight. You can't swing a cat these days without hitting Greek ...

  • Your Healthy Greek Yogurt Harbors A Deadly Secret

    Greek yogurt is healthy and good, but the process of making it creates something called acid whey. Acid whey is very bad: accidental spills of it have killed thousands of fish. But Greek yogurt is booming, so what to do with its dangerous ...

  • Greece could earn more debt relief Eurozone chief

    "Eurozone countries are prepared to do more if necessary to help Greece, on the condition that the programme is fully implemented," Dijsselbloem ...

  • Italy Spain And Greece Are There Any Opportunities

    Federico is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited. Following Fitch's upgrade of Greece's credit rating, ten-year Greek government bond yields fell below 8%, the lowest yield since June 2010. Meanwhile, Italian and Spanish bonds have also rallied strongly and then now yield 3.85% and 4.18% ...

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