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Maik:
Bit of a commotion last night about the Greek Olympic team wearing rainbow gloves in support of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community, here's one headline as it appears on Google search:



Turns out to be nothing of the sort, the gloves are in the Olympic colours and are part of the official Sochi Olmypic merchandise. Here's the headline now:


http://eu.greekreporter.com/2014/02/07/an-olympic-mix-up-greece-stands-up-for-gay-rights-in-sochi-with-rainbow-gloves/

JimW:
Hi Maik,
Re: The rewriting of history, apparently the Japanese Prime Minister has been packing the board of the Nippon broadcasting company with his own people and insisting on these changes. The journalists have been striking about it. It is apparently tied up with the conflict with China over some small Islands in the South China Sea.
Hope you are all safe, we will be back earthquakes or not.
Jim

Maik:
Good to hear the 'quakes haven't put you off, Jim! I think the Kef regulars will be here, just the casual bookers it might deter. Thankfully the UK media don't seem to have given it much attention.

Oops, there's a little wobble!

Scary piccie in the link below:


--- Quote ---Two people were killed when a falling boulder derailed a tourist train in the southern French Alps, local officials and firefighters say.
--- End quote ---
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26098700

Maik:

--- Quote ---Immigration minister resigns for employing illegal immigrant
Prime minister accepts resignation of Mark Harper, who launched government's 'go home' campaign last year

--- End quote ---
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/08/immigration-minister-resigns-illegal-immigrant-mark-harper

BeeTee:
There is a friendly football match in support of the earthquake victims at Keramies on Wednesday 12th February starting at 13:00.

http://kefaloniapress.gr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46872&Itemid=38

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