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Kosovo Albanian Hacker Who Aided Islamic State Gets 20 Years in US
BELGRADE - A computer hacker who helped the Islamic State by providing names of more than 1,000 U.S. government and military workers as potential targets has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
UNESCO names Athens World Book Capital for 2018
The city of Athens has been announced from UNESCO as the World Book Capital for 2018. The proposed program includes meetings with writers, translators and illustrators, concerts, thematic exhibitions, poetry readings and workshops for publishing professionals. The aim of the program is to make books accessible to the city’s entire population, including migrants and refugees.
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Network of Electric Bicycles to Connect Bulgaria, Romania
A network of electric bicycles will connect Bulgaria and Romania.
The network will be developed in the Bulgarian-Romanian cross-border region under a project financed by the Interreg programme.
Each tourist will be able to rent an electric bicycle for the duration of three hours and to explore the tourist sites along the two banks of the Danube river.
Greek Cypriot ex-wife recounts 'black years' with Egypt hijacking suspect
The Greek Cypriot ex-wife of an Egyptian accused of hijacking a plane in a bid to see her has said their marriage was hell and he had shown no interest in her or their children since they separated.
Greek Cyprus court orders Egyptian hijack suspect held for 8 days
The man accused of hijacking an EgyptAir plane and forcing it to land in Greek Cyprus was remanded into police custody for eight days during his first court appearance on March 30.
Hijacking of EgyptAir Plane Due to Personal Motives, Not Terror Attack
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades ruled out that the hijacking of the EgyptAir plane on Tuesday constituted a terrorist attack, saying that the hijacker seemed to have personal motives.
Instead of conducting the scheduled domestic flight MS181 between Alexandria and Cairo, the Airbus A320 landed at the airport in Larnaca after being hijacked and forced to divert to Cyprus.
Hijacked EgyptAir Airplane Lands in Cyprus
An airplane of EgyptAir conducting domestic flight MS181 has landed at the airport of Larnaca on Tuesday after being hijacked and ordered to divert its route to Cyprus.
It is believed that there is at least one armed man on board, with the hijacker claiming he was wearing a suicide belt.
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EgyptAir plane hijacked to Greek Cyprus, most passengers freed
A man thought to be strapped with explosives hijacked an Egyptian plane on a flight between Alexandria and Cairo on March 29 and forced it to land in Greek Cyprus, Egyptian officials said.
After the EgyptAir plane landed at Larnaca airport, the hijacker released all the people onboard except four foreign passengers and the crew, EgyptAir said.
Exhibition-Amazing ancient Greek technological inventions (pics+vid)
When we think of the ancient Greeks and their contributions to mankind what comes to mind is philosophy, theories in maths and physics, astronomy, fine arts, theatre and architecture, and of course giving the world the political system of governance considered to be the most effective and just in history, democracy.
Six Muslim Brotherhood supporters killed in clashes in Cairo
Six supporters of Egypt's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood were killed in clashes with police in Cairo on July 17, security sources said. The violence in different locations took place as Egyptians marked the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.