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Taxiachis / Ionion Pelagos Lines Agios Gerasimos ferry confined to port in Argostoli yesterday due to mechanical failure of the main engine, Argostoli - Lixouri service should be running as normal today.Boat with some 30 or so illegal immigrants on board escorted into Argostoli port earlier this morning.
Syrian refugees beg to leave crisis-hit GreeceSome 200 Syrian refugees protesting in Athens on Friday asked to be allowed to leave Greece, fearing deteriorating conditions in the crisis-hit country."Crisis-hit Greece alone cannot support the weight of accommodating war refugees," said Nander Halbuni, a representative of the Syrians who have been camping on Syntagma Square in central Athens for over a week."The only solution for ourselves and our families is to have the right to go to another (European) country to start a new life of dignity for our children," he told reporters.
He's been making other cats green with envy but a Bulgarian moggy's mysterious emerald coat may finally be explained.Locals believed that the green feline, who was first spotted in the Bulgarian seaside town of Varna, had been attacked and painted the unusual shade by vandals, even setting up a Facebook group to catch the perpetrators.But it has now emerged that the – as yet unnamed – moggy has been sleeping on the top of an abandoned pile of synthetic green paint in a garage. Gradually, it is believed that the paint slowly covered the entire cat – giving him his unusually vibrant appearance.The colour also appears to show no sign of wearing off as each nap the cat takes just makes the colour stronger.
The amazing tale of Ali Pasha – in picturesHenry Friston, a 21-year-old sailor fighting in world war one, found a tortoise on the battlefields of Gallipoli. He called it Ali Pasha and resolved this was one innocent life that would not be a victim of a stupid war. This is their story...
Heard they're Syrian refugees, going by this article in the Mail last week I doubt they wanted to be rescued by Greece:QuoteSyrian refugees beg to leave crisis-hit GreeceSome 200 Syrian refugees protesting in Athens on Friday asked to be allowed to leave Greece, fearing deteriorating conditions in the crisis-hit country."Crisis-hit Greece alone cannot support the weight of accommodating war refugees," said Nander Halbuni, a representative of the Syrians who have been camping on Syntagma Square in central Athens for over a week."The only solution for ourselves and our families is to have the right to go to another (European) country to start a new life of dignity for our children," he told reporters.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-2853514/Syrian-refugees-beg-leave-crisis-hit-Greece.htmlI suspect Nige might be a reasonably compassionate guy but I doubt he'd want to extend them the right to settle in the UK.
QuoteHe's been making other cats green with envy but a Bulgarian moggy's mysterious emerald coat may finally be explained.Locals believed that the green feline, who was first spotted in the Bulgarian seaside town of Varna, had been attacked and painted the unusual shade by vandals, even setting up a Facebook group to catch the perpetrators.But it has now emerged that the – as yet unnamed – moggy has been sleeping on the top of an abandoned pile of synthetic green paint in a garage. Gradually, it is believed that the paint slowly covered the entire cat – giving him his unusually vibrant appearance.The colour also appears to show no sign of wearing off as each nap the cat takes just makes the colour stronger.http://www.independent.co.uk/news/weird-news/mystery-of-bulgarias-green-cat-finally-explained-9905005.html
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