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Police arrest serial animal abuser in KolonosA 33-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday afternoon in the area of Kolonos, in Athens, for abusing cats and threatening a woman who confronted him.According to the 43-year-old woman’s testimony to the police, she saw the man pelting stones at a cat and when she shouted at him to stop he threatened to hit her too. The woman went to the local police department and filed a criminal complaint. Officers also discovered that the man was placing the carcasses of the animals he killed in an abandoned building in the area of Kolonos.
Top Scientist Predicts Earthquake In GreeceProfessor of Civil Engineering specialising in Natural Disasters, Constantinos Synolakis has predicted that there may be a mega-earthquake in Greece measuring up to 8.5 on the Richter scale.Speaking to Mega TV on Thursday, Synolakis noted that such mega-earthquakes occur every 600 years, citing the example of the earthquake in Crete in 365 BC when the entire island rose an incredible 10 meters due to the seismic tremor."We could see an earthquake of 8.5 Richter in Greece," says Professor Synolakis“The last major earthquake in Crete occurred in 1403, and it is estimated that such earthquakes occur every 600 to 800 years. We are already at the “window” of the century, when we may see a large earthquake in the Greek up to 8.5 Richter,”Synolakis said.
Cyprus probes washed up dead whales, earthquake link possibleA number of whales have washed up dead on the northern shores of Cyprus, authorities said on Friday, possibly affected by the massive earthquakes in neighboring Turkey and Syria this week.Six beaked whales were found dead on Friday, while a pod of four were found beached on Thursday, the Cyprus department of fisheries and marine research said.Three of the four from Thursday were guided back to sea, while the fourth died, it said in a statement. It was unclear if the dead pod found on Friday included those whales from Thursday that had been returned to the sea, it said.
Park to celebrate Odysseus, the Greeks and the seaA naval tradition park, which will include the Averof battleship, the Olympias trireme, the Hellas Liberty merchant ship and the submarine Proteus, is to be created at Flisvos in Palaio Faliro on the southern coast of Athens.Shipowner Aris Theodorides will donate €35 million to establish the park, which will be named Odysseus – The Greeks and the Sea.
Turkey-Syria earthquake: Series of dramatic rescues give moments of hope amid tragedy
British mother cries ‘oh my god’ as she grabs baby from cot at precise moment earthquake hitsChilling baby monitor footage shows family’s ordeal in Turkey, with little Katelyn’s music box playing on through the carnage
Turkey: Greek couple found dead beneath rubble of homeA Greek couple missing since the devasting earthquake in Turkey on Tuesday been found dead beneath the rubble of their apartment building, according to public broadcaster ERT.The couple, who were in their 60s, lived in the city of Antakya, historically known as Antioch, in Hatay, the southernmost province of Turkey.The confirmed death toll from the deadliest quake in the region in two decades stood at more than 22,000 across southern Turkey and northwest Syria four days after it hit.
Huge blast across town as Great Yarmouth wartime bomb explodes after three-day operationA wartime bomb at the centre of a three-day defusing operation has exploded in what police said was an accidental detonation.The blast was heard across Great Yarmouth in Norfolk at 5pm, shortly after officers said they had changed their approach to safely detonating the bomb.They confirmed that it was not a planned detonation, and that all emergency services had been accounted for.
Don’t hug cows says Indian government in Valentine’s Day plea U-turnHindus angry at bid to promote the animals because they say the Western holiday goes against traditional Indian values
Pro-gun lawyer shot with own gun by MRI scanner diesLeandro Mathias de Novaes took his pistol into the facility illegally and was fatally wounded when the machine's magnetic field set it offDespite warnings from staff to remove jewellery and metal objects in the MRI room, Mr Mathias kept his weapon on his waistband.The magnetic field from the machine was so strong that the weapon was pulled from his waist and fired off a round, which hit him in his stomach.
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