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US man trying to kill spiders with blowtorch burns down trailer homeAn American man trying to kill spiders with a blowtorch accidentally burnt down his house, officials have said.The unnamed man is thought to have been using a propane torch to burn the spiders living underneath the trailer.But he accidentally created a massive blaze and 23 firefighters were forced to contain it.
An additional 4.1 million passengers have gone through Greece’s airports so far this year compared to the first nine months of 2016, reaching a total of 48.2 million, the Hellenic Civil Aviation Administration (HCAA) said this week.
All the additional outbound?
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QuoteUS man trying to kill spiders with blowtorch burns down trailer homeAn American man trying to kill spiders with a blowtorch accidentally burnt down his house, officials have said.The unnamed man is thought to have been using a propane torch to burn the spiders living underneath the trailer.But he accidentally created a massive blaze and 23 firefighters were forced to contain it.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/17/us-man-trying-kill-spiders-blowtorch-burns-trailer-home/
Power theft on the rise, costing PPC and consumers millionsA bar owner at Kolonaki, central Athens, had his electricity cut off due to high unpaid bills. He was approached by an electrician who offered to reconnect the bar every Friday evening, so the bar could open for the weekend, and disconnect it again every Monday, to avoid detection – all for 800 euros a week.
Unconfirmed news going around that hired quad bikes are going to be confined to off-road use due to number of accidents suffered/caused by hirers.
EU Knocks Greece on Biased Height Rules for PoliceAn aspiring police officer persuaded Europe’s highest court on Wednesday that Greece’s height requirements for admission to police school may be discriminatory.Irrespective of sex and footwear, Greek law mandates that all police candidates must stand at least 1.7 meters tall — about a tenth of an inch below 5 foot 7.
Orthodox Christians try to halt play, clash with policeGreek riot police have used batons to stop an attempted theater invasion by monks, priests and other Orthodox Christians protesting what they claim is a blasphemous play.Wielding poles with Greek flags on them, some of the 100-strong crowd tried to break a police cordon Wednesday outside the Aristoteleion Theatre in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki.Protesters oppose the staging of “The Hour of the Devil,” an adaptation of a story by Portuguese author Fernando Pessoa about a discussion between a young woman and a personable devil.
Ryanair sends emails to former pilots 'begging' them to come back
Warning of 'ecological Armageddon' after dramatic plunge in insect numbersThree-quarters of flying insects in nature reserves across Germany have vanished in 25 years, with serious implications for all life on Earth, scientists say
Is it me or does the Greek word for quad bike look rather like the word for "sow"?!Tony