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...Greece without their parents, a worrisome pattern immigration experts say is increasingly common. Most of the 121 children held on the island are from Afghanistan, but there are also Palestinians and Eritrians, said Sophia Ioannou, spokeswoman for the Greek branch of the humanitarian aid group Médecins du Monde (MdM). She said all the children were crammed into a single facility without enough beds or toilets...
...decins du Monde, which is providing medical care on the island, does not denounce the strapped local authorities, but says that there are not enough facilities and personnel to handle the recent explosion in immigrant arrivals. Says Ioannou: "Greece just doesn't have the infrastructure to respond to the needs" of the new arrivals. Many of the would-be immigrants use Greece as a way station as they aim for points farther north and west in Europe...
...enclave of posh summer retreats in the 19th century, the neighborhood hosted luminaries like Langston Hughes and W.E.B. Du Bois during its renaissance in the 1920s and '30s. Billie Holiday performed at the Apollo, and Fidel Castro stayed at the Hotel Theresa. In later decades, Harlem withered as soaring crime rates made it a symbol of urban blight. But since the 1990s, as Manhattan real estate prices have skyrocketed, the district's legacy and its perch atop Central Park have enticed real estate developers searching for the next up-and-coming neighborhood. The rezoning augurs wholesale changes, including luxury office...
From the runway to the red carpet, couturier Christian Lacroix always makes a statement with his bold, over-the-top creations. To the delight of travelers, he has applied that flamboyance to the Hôtel du Petit Moulin, an offbeat hostelry situated in the Marais district - the epicenter of Paris fashion...
...total manipulation, and it made me ill," protested Christophe Girard, the Socialist deputy mayor of Paris in charge of cultural issues, in the weekly Journal du Dimanche Sunday. He has called for the show to be canceled before its planned end of July...