Word: aegean
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...sentenced to 10 years in jail. Two associates also received prison sentences. DIED. PATRIARCH PETROS VII OF ALEXANDRIA, 55, leader of the Greek Orthodox Church in Africa; with 16 others when their helicopter crashed on the way to Mount Athos, a community of monasteries in northeastern Greece; in the Aegean Sea. Since becoming Patriarch in 1997, Petros helped revive interest in the church, expanding its missions and influence and acting as peace broker between Muslims and Christians in the Middle East and North Africa. DIED. JOHNNY RAMONE, 55, guitarist and paternal driving force behind the Ramones, the rock band that...
...DIED. PATRIARCH PETROS VII OF ALEXANDRIA, 55, leader of the Greek Orthodox Church in Africa; along with 16 others when their helicopter crashed on the way to a community of monasteries in northeastern Greece; in the Aegean Sea. Since becoming Patriarch in 1997, Petros had helped revive flagging interest in Europe's oldest established church, greatly expanding its missions and influence and acting as a peace broker between Muslims and Christians in the Middle East and North Africa...
...deterrents in place are impressive. NATO will provide AWACS aircraft to monitor Greek airspace. The U.S. Sixth Fleet will patrol the Mediterranean while the Turkish and Italian navies cruise the Aegean and Ionian seas. A 70,000-strong force of Greek police and military--nearly twice the number of troops deployed in Kosovo in 1999--will patrol the country. Security personnel will outnumber athletes 7 to 1. Publicly, the international community has gone out of its way to praise the Greeks for their willingness to accept advice (from Israelis on suicide bombers, the Czechs on chemical weapons, the Russians...
...think there is a great opportunity to create a peace dividend for both countries. If we have a balanced arms reduction, we will use this money to invest in education and social welfare. ARE YOU OPTIMISTIC ABOUT PROPOSED TALKS WITH TURKEY ON LAND, AIR AND SEA RIGHTS IN THE AEGEAN? We began exploratory talks and confidence-building measures some time ago to develop a sense of understanding and trust and to look for a way forward. We are moving in a positive direction, and more and more there is a sense that international law and the E.U. provide us with...
This summer, Harvard students will be able to spend their summers uncovering ruins in Bolivia, learning to Samba in Rio and eating lunch along the coast of the Aegean Sea—while also earning College credit...