Word: mediterraneanize
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...Antinori, Zavos and Boisselier made their case, tempers flared and governments, from the United States to Italy, reiterated their condemnation of the trio?s plans. Shrugging their collective shoulders, the scientists seemed unfazed. Antinori, for one, plans to go ahead with his cloning - on the safety of an undisclosed Mediterranean island...
...organization ETA. The group had telephoned a warning that the bomb, which contained around 60 kg of explosives, had been left in the city's airport car park. Popular tourist destinations were on alert after suspected ETA member Olaia Castresana blew herself up as she handled explosives in the Mediterranean resort of Torrevieja. MACEDONIA Back from the Brink Dangerously close to all-out war, the two sides in the Macedonian conflict gave way to persuasion and declared another cease-fire. Under pressure from international mediators, rebel ethnic Albanian fighters, who had occupied the area around Tetovo, north of the capital...
...hours, is about 20 miles down the coast. Tiny, brightly colored Portofino has long been one of Italy's most chic resorts. Gossip about the recent mysterious death of a wealthy countess is the only hint of crime you're likely to find in this town of extraordinary Mediterranean views...
...years ago, Jeweler Dalila gherras did something any good Parisian would find unthinkable: she left a fine salary and stable job in the capital for distant Marseilles - where unemployment exceeded 20% and where the local disdain for relocating outsiders was legendary. Despite that dire outlook, Gherras remained convinced Marseilles' Mediterranean beauty and inimitable lifestyle would provide "an improved quality of life worth taking occupational and financial risks to obtain." Today, Gherras is not only happy and working in Marseilles, but she has also launched a new career in real estate as hordes of individuals, families and companies flock...
...intifadeh has made the squabbles more coldly violent. In February, Abu Amr, the owner of the Beach Hotel in Gaza City, invited Hisham Mikki, the head of the official Palestinian television station, to sit with him in his empty restaurant, smoking a water pipe and looking out over the Mediterranean. Mikki came back from exile with Arafat and amassed a fortune from corrupt deals. He began to puff on a nargileh filled with apple-scented Bahraini tobacco. Barely was the pipe lit when a man walked quickly toward him. Before Mikki could move, the gunman killed him with a three...