Judge prolongs Fritzl's custody
(BBC) May 09, 2008
The Austrian man accused of locking his daughter in a cellar for 24 years is to be held for another month....

A festive Greek weekend
(Waterbury Republican American) May 09, 2008
Bring on the diples, galactobouriko and finikia, it's time for Waterbury's annual Greek Festival....

Greek Festival on tap at St. George's Church
(East Brunswick Sentinel) May 09, 2008
St. George Greek Orthodox Church, 1101 River Road, Piscataway, will hold its 35th annual Greek Festival from 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. on May 16, 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. on May 17 and noon to 8 p.m. on May 18....

Sunflower oil contaminated
(eKathimerini) May 09, 2008
Companies began recalling bottles of sunflower oil yesterday after it was discovered that a batch imported into Greece had been contaminated with potentially harmful mineral oil....

Nuclear power talk mushrooms
(eKathimerini) May 09, 2008
A more positive note was sounded yesterday on introducing nuclear energy into the country as officials argued that a larger number of Greece's neighbors have shown interest in using the unpopular power source....

Officers escape time in prison
(eKathimerini) May 09, 2008
The two police officers responsible for allowing 33-year-old drug addict Dimitris Albanis to escape from custody before he went on to kill a bus driver in Thessaloniki on Saturday...

Greece's 'strawberry slaves' expose migrants' plight
(AFP) May 08, 2008
Nea Manolada was a quiet village in southern Greece unknown to many until a strike by "strawberry slaves" exposed the dark underbelly of one of the country's key economic sectors....

Corpses piling up as Myanmar misery deepens
(CNN) May 08, 2008
Myanmar's cyclone survivors do not have enough fuel to burn the rotting corpses of the dead as the country's military junta continues to drag its feet over access for aid groups....

Female migrants sold short
(eKathimerini) May 08, 2008
emale immigrants make a significant contribution to the Greek economy and society but their integration into the community is strewn with obstacles, according to a study by the Research Center for Gender Equality (KETHI)...

End of the road for gang of busy thieves
(eKathimerini) May 08, 2008
Police said yesterday they had smashed a gang of 16 robbers believed to be responsible for nearly 50 burglaries....

Greece to ban smoking in public places: ministry
(AFP) May 07, 2008
Greece is to impose a smoking ban in public places, the health ministry announced Wednesday, after previous partial-bans were ignored in what is one of Europe's heaviest smoking nations....

Aid arriving in cyclone-hit Burma
(BBC) May 07, 2008
Foreign aid begins to arrive in cyclone-ravaged Burma, but complaints remain that full access to aid workers is being denied....

Greece approves Mokbel extradition
(The Australian) May 07, 2008
GREECE'S justice minister has approved the extradition of Australian drug fugitive Tony Mokbel....

EU Parliament approves 89.7 million euros for fire victims in Greece
May 07, 2008
The European Parliament's Committee on Budgets on Tuesday approved mobilizing €89.7 million (US$143.5 million) recommended by the European Commission from the European Union Solidarity Fund...

Two dead in chases involving traffickers
(eKathimerini) May 07, 2008
Police were yesterday searching for two migrant traffickers, who, in a fatal hit-and-run, killed a 15-year-old boy in Alexandroupolis, northeastern Greece, in their attempt to escape the attention of police officers....