Municipal workers took strike action and protested throughout Greece Tuesday to protest the latest €13.5 billion ($17 billion) austerity measures being imposed by the three-party coalition government. During the day municipal (Poe-Ota) workers struck and occupied many government buildings nationwide. Two-thirds of Greece’s 325 municipalities were closed to the public due to the strikes and protests. In Athens a demonstration was held attended by around 2,000 people.
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Rebecca Blake and Conor McRedmond both denied charges of “breach of honour with consent” and committing “an indecent act in a taxi” when they appeared in court last month. They also pleaded guilty to a third charge related to consumption of alcohol in public. “The court sentenced them to jail for three months and deportation […]
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Nothing like this had ever happened at Ben-Gurion International Airport before: A routine customs inspection uncovered an attempt to smuggle two unmanned aerial vehicles into Israel. The incident began when a Jewish citizen of Mexico tried to go through the “nothing to declare” lane with three suitcases. Something in his behavior aroused the customs inspectors’ […]
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The troubled Gaza strip is now considered to be a ‘Do Not Travel’ destination by both the British and Australian governments, following a series of deadly exchanges between Israeli forces and Palestinian group Hamas. The death toll in Gaza has now reached at least 18 – while in Israel, three people were killed when a […]
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A tourist has admitted flicking his finger at a security guard at Dubai’s Irish Village while he was being arrested for assaulting the bouncer. The 24-year-old Brit pleaded guilty to making a rude gesture when he appeared before Dubai Court of Misdemeanours yesterday but he denied a charge of consuming alcohol. Read article
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Brussels – Four Belgian tourists were killed in a coach accident in Jordan on Saturday, police in Jordan and the Belgian foreign ministry said in a statement. The Belgian foreign ministry said that three women and a man, all Belgians, had been killed in the accident and that additionally six people were seriously injured while […]
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JERUSALEM (AP) — A young American shot and killed a chef at a hotel in the Red Sea resort city of Eilat Friday, before forces from an anti-terror unit shot the gunman dead, police said. The incident appeared to be based on a personal dispute. The attacker was on a Jewish work and study program […]
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Lavanguardia.com reported an American tourist has opened fire at an Israeli hotel in the Red Sea resort, in the city of Eilat, and has killed at least one person, police confirmed. “An American tourist has opened fire on the Leonardo Club Eilat, killing one person,” said the police spokesman, Micky Rosenfeld. The reasons for the […]
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Travellers against advised against visiting the Middle East due to violent protests waves of protests involving Muslims outraged by an American film mocking the Prophet Mohammed are sweeping the world, with some clashes erupting in violence. Widespread protests in the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Australia have made global headlines, with some of the more […]
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At least six protesters have died in Egypt, Tunisia, Lebanon and Sudan as police battle to defend Western missions from mobs. Furious protesters have targeted symbols of US influence in cities across the Muslim world, attacking embassies, schools and restaurants in retaliation for a film that mocks Islam. Read article
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