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US Muslim teen accused of clock-bomb to move to Qatar
The Muslim teenager arrested when a Texas teacher mistook his homemade clock for a bomb is moving to Qatar, local media reported a day after Ahmed Mohamed visited the White House.
Holy Trinity Church in Dallas gets a Greek facelift
Leonidas Diamantopoulos etches out the images to adorn the ceiling of the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church on Dallas hoping that it will soon be a landmark site for Texas.
2nd Athens World Poetry Festival
The Poets’ Circle will hold the 2nd Athens World Poetry Festival, from September 21 to September 26, at the Garden of the Athens Concert Hall.
50 poets from 21 different countries will take part in the festival and Greece will be represented by Nanos Valaoritis, Titos Patrikios, Kiki Dimoula, Evgenios Aranitsis, Giannis Dallas, Dimitra Christodoulou and Kostas Stergiopoulos.
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Muslim teen arrested for clock gets White House invite
A Muslim teenager arrested after a Texas teacher mistook his homemade clock for a bomb won invitations to the White House, Google and Facebook on Sept.16 in a surge of public support.
President Barack Obama congratulated Ahmed Mohamed, 14, on his skills in a pointed rebuke to school and police officials -- who defended his arrest -- amid accusations of Islamophobia.
FBI to assist in probe of Texas football player's death
The FBI will participate in the investigation into the death of an unarmed black Texas college football player who was fatally shot by a white officer during a burglary call at a car dealership, a suburban Dallas police chief said on August 8.
US man charged in Texas Mohammed cartoon attack
A US man was charged with helping to plan an attack on an event in Texas showcasing cartoons mocking the Prophet Mohammed and appeared in court June 16.
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Opposition reads out motion at plenary session of Parliament
Senator Viorel Badea of the opposition National Liberal Party (PNL) on Friday read out the Opposition's motion of censure against Prime Minister Victor Ponta called 'Victor Ponta - dismissed for excessive power by blocking elections. The right to vote is not sloganeering!'
In their motion, the Liberals call for a withdrawal of confidence in the Government.
VIDEO: Texas policeman resigns after video shows him toppling teen: Media
A Dallas-area white policeman seen in a viral video tossing a bathing suit-clad, black teenage girl to the ground resigned on June 9 from the McKinney Police force, local broadcaster Fox 4 and others cited his lawyer as saying.
China in focus as cyber attack hits millions of US federal workers
Hackers broke into US government computers, possibly compromising the personal data of 4 million current and former federal employees, and investigators were probing whether the culprits were based in China, US officials said on June 4.
More flooding in Texas after storms, death toll hits 23
Rain caused flooding on roads in parts of Texas on May 30, an official said, after severe weather killed at least 23 people during the week and prompted US President Barack Obama to declare a disaster in the state.