Emergency management
Turkey's AFAD aids 250 quake-hit families in Iraq
A Turkish aid agency on Nov. 15 distributed basic humanitarian aid to 250 quake-hit families in Iraq’s northern province of Sulaymaniyah.
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Turkey feeds 5,000 Iran, Iraq quake victims a day
Turkey has dispatched a total of 70 trucks of humanitarian supplies to quake-hit regions in northern Iraq, the head of a
Turkish aid agency said on Nov. 15.
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Turkey rushes to help Iraq earthquake victims
Turkey rushed to help victims of Iraq’s earthquake, 7.3 on the Richter scale, late on Nov. 12 with thousands of supplies and humanitarian aid.
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Turkey will stand with earthquake victims of northern Iraq: PM
Turkey will stand with the victims of the earthquake that hit northern Iraq late on Nov. 12, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said, adding that a military cargo plane carrying medical aid and 250 tents were dispatched to Sulaymaniyah.
Dicing with disaster
It's been over a month since the Agia Zoni II tanker went down off the port of Piraeus and beyond the criminal delays of the political leadership and port authorities in dealing with the ensuing oil spill we still have no answers to the questions surrounding the causes of the accident, even though it's only a matter of time before disaster strikes again.
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Fire in Burgas has Burned Uninhabited Buildings Last Night
The buildings of the former management of the sanatorium complex "Mineral Baths" were completely burnt, and the abandoned buildings were destroyed last night in a fire, according to locals they were inhabited by homeless people, fortunately there were no victims in the fire.
France Approves Tough New Anti-Terror Laws
France's lower house of parliament has approved a new anti-terrorism law intended to bring an end to a nearly two-year-long state of emergency, reported BBC.
The law will incorporate several measures first authorised under the emergency arrangement.
They include easier searches of homes and confining individuals to their home towns, without judicial approval.
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Air raid siren drill in Central Macedonia on Tuesday
The Civil Protection Authority will be sounding air raid sirens in the region of Central Macedonia on Tuesday at 11 a.m.
Residents and visitors are advised not to be alarmed, as the sirens are part of a military and civil defense exercise dubbed Parmenion.
Fire threatening homes in Kassandra, Halkidiki
A wildfire that broke out near the seaside village of Moles Kalyves on the Kassandra leg of northern Greece's Halkidiki peninsula was threatening homes in the area, the fire service said on Friday afternoon.
The blaze started shortly after 2.30 p.m. and is being stoked by strong winds, reaching the front yards of several homes, according to local reports.
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Salamina hit by oil slick
Workers try to clean up a beach on the island of Salamina, which has been hit by an oil slick after a small tanker went down near its coast on Sunday carrying 2,200 tons of fuel oil and 370 tons of marine gas oil. [Petros Giannakouris/AP]
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