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Maik:
An emergency 'phone line re the quakes has been made available by the Hellenic Center for Disease Control & Prevention of the Ministry of Health, 'phone number is 1135

Maik:

--- Quote ---Islamic fundamentalists in Syria have started to destroy archaeological treasures such as Byzantine mosaics and Greek and Roman statues because their portrayal of human beings is contrary to their religious beliefs. The systematic destruction of antiquities may be the worst disaster to ancient monuments since the Taliban in Afghanistan dynamited the giant statues of Buddha at Bamiyan in 2001 for similar ideological reasons.
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/news/the-destruction-of-the-idols-syrias-patrimony-at-risk-from-extremists-9122275.html



--- Quote ---People who try to stop officials exterminating “invasive species” such as parakeets, ruddy ducks and Japanese knotweed on their property should face a prison sentence, under proposals drawn up by the Law Commission.

The Law Commission proposed people breaking a “species control order” could be jailed for as long as six months or fined up to £40,000.
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http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/government-could-force-landowners-to-kill-natures-invaders-or-face-jail-9120292.html



--- Quote ---This week, Queen’s Greatest Hits became the first album to sell more than 6 million copies in the UK; one in three families is believed to own a copy. Put another way, it is now the all-time biggest-selling album in this country, and, with digital downloads increasingly battering the CD into submission, it looks certain that no other release will ever catch it.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/10631272/Six-million-Queen-fans-cant-be-wrong-can-they.html

Maik:

--- Quote ---Toyota announces big Prius recall
1.9m third-generation cars affected by software problem that could damage hybrid system and cause sudden stop
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http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/12/toyota-recalls-prius-for-hybrid-fault

Maik:
6.9 quake in China about an hour ago

Maik:

--- Quote ---Greece plummets to 99th place in press freedom index

Freedom of information is "repeatedly and blatantly flouted" in Greece, pushing the country into 99th place out of 180 countries this year's World Press Freedom Index.

The country's downwards spiral in press freedom, which represents a drop of 50 places in just five years, is a "dizzying fall for the world’s oldest democracy", said Reporters Without Borders, which authored the report. 
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http://www.enetenglish.gr/?i=news.en.sport&id=1758


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