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Ten injured as attacker rams van into French Christmas market

Published by Hurriyet on Tue, 12/23/2014 - 08:32

A driver ploughed into a Christmas market in western France Dec. 22, injuring 10 people before stabbing himself, a day after a similar attack in another French city, as authorities played down fears of a terrorist motive.
      

Bosnian Court Rejects Bratunac Home-Burning Appeal

Published by Balkan Insight on Tue, 12/23/2014 - 08:28

The appeals court upheld the conviction of Serb ex-soldier Najdan Mladjenovic, who was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for his role in torching Bosniak homes in Bratunac in 1992.

Iraqi Yazidi women abducted by ISIL endured horror: Amnesty

Published by Hurriyet on Tue, 12/23/2014 - 08:28

Women and girls from Iraq's Yazidi minority endured horrors at the hands of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants after they were taken as slaves last summer, leaving them deeply traumatized, an international watchdog group said in a report issued on Dec. 23.

International journalist deaths soar in 2014: Press watchdog

Published by Hurriyet on Tue, 12/23/2014 - 08:22

The gruesome murders of foreign journalists by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) contributed to 2014 being a particularly deadly year for international correspondents, an annual review by the Committee to Protect Journalists reported Dec. 23.

North Korea's Internet links restored amid US hacking dispute

Published by Hurriyet on Tue, 12/23/2014 - 08:22

North Korea, at the center of a confrontation with the United  States over the hacking of Sony Pictures, experienced a complete Internet outage for hours before links were restored on Dec. 23, a U.S. company that monitors Internet infrastructure said.
   

Man killed in Trikala trying to cross train track

Published by Kathimerini on Tue, 12/23/2014 - 08:21

A 40-year-old man suffered fatal injuries on Monday night after being hit by a train bound for Kalambaka train at an unguarded crossing in Trikala in central Greece.

The man, identified as an Albanian national, died of multiple injuries at the Trikala general hospital shortly after being rushed to the emergency unit, its director, Giorgos Souflias, told Athens-Macedonia News Agency.

Tactical errors

Published by Kathimerini on Tue, 12/23/2014 - 08:18

Greece’s main opposition party has committed a serious institutional blunder in suggesting that any MPs breaking from party lines in the ongoing presidential vote are essentially “apostates.”

MFE takes over SOP Environment and SOP Transports Management Authorities

Published by Agerpres on Tue, 12/23/2014 - 08:11

The European Funds Ministry (MFE) will take over the activity and structures of the Management Authorities corresponding to the Sectoral Operational Programme Environment and the Sectoral Operational Programme Transports, according to the Emergency Ordinance for the approval of some measures meant to make more efficient the management system of the structural instruments, which wa

Grigor Dimitrov Declared Bulgaria’s Best Sportsperson for 2014

Published by Novinite on Tue, 12/23/2014 - 06:38

Star tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has won the award Bulgarian Sportsperson of the Year for 2014.

In 2014, Dimitrov made it into the top 10 of ATP, reaching place 8, and won three titles, getting to the ½-finals of Wimbledon and the ¼-finals of Australian Open, according to reports of Sega daily. He currently holds 11th place in the ATP ranking.

İznik’s basilica among top 10 discoveries

Published by Hurriyet on Mon, 12/22/2014 - 23:01

An early Byzantine era basilica, which was discovered this year underwater in Ä°znik and has the traces of early Christianity architecture, is among the top 10 discoveries of 2014, according to the Archaeological Institute of America The remains of a nearly 1,600-year-old basilica, which was discovered in February this year under Lake Ä°znik during a photo shoot from the air, was shown among t

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