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A farmer from Crete island holds a black flag during a rally by farmers' unions from all over Greece on March 5, 2013. Some 2,000 Greek farmers gathered in Athens to demand lower taxes, arguing that the rising cost of fuel and electricity was driving them to ruin. The farmers also called for subsidies from the heavily indebted state, which has been forced to undertake a tough austerity policy, to help them lower their costs and remain competitive.
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'Nanny Stabbing': Couple Expecting Baby
Greek police are investigating the stabbing of an 11-year-old Russian boy on a family holiday on the island of Crete. Three people have been arrested on suspicion of planning to sell the babies of teenage girls in Nigeria. More drug users have also becom 5/17/13 from Spire FM Read more »
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72nd Commemoration of the Battle of Crete
72nd Commemoration of the Battle of Crete MONDAY 20 MAY 2013 A ceremony will be held to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the Battle of Crete. His Excellency, Lieutenant General the Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General of New Zealand, as well a from Scoop - New Zealand News Read more »
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Schulz on Margalit Fox’s Linguistic Detective Story, The Riddle of the Labyrinth
Viewed in a certain light, the thousands of inscribed clay tablets unearthed over the past century on Crete and mainland Greece are profoundly boring. Essentially the scattered files of an early civilization’s accounting department, the tablets list rati from Vulture Read more »
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The Minoans were Caucasian: DNA debunks longstanding theory that Europe's first advanced culture was from Africa
British archaeologists who in 1900 discovered the Minoan culture believed they were from Libya or EgyptThe Minoan civilisation arose on Crete in the 27th century BC and flourished until the 15th century BC A Minoan fresco of children boxing: New DNA anal from Daily Mail - UK Read more »
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Strange Characters
The race to decipher Linear B—an ancient writing system discovered on a set of clay tablets at Knossos on Crete in 1900—was one of the great intellectual adventure stories of the 20th century. Some of the finest minds in linguistics, classics, archaeolog from Wall Street Journal Read more »
