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Fog causes flight delays at the Macedonia airport

Dense fog fell over the city of Thessaloniki the early morning hours. The result was delayed 7 flights were to land at the Macedonia airport....

by Konstantinos Tsakalidis in Greece on 05/02/2012

Society

The floating Christmas tree sinks

Due to strong winds blowing in Thermaikos, the anchor ropes that held the floating Christmas tree broke. After some hours the construction was...

by Konstantinos Tsakalidis in Greece on 17/12/2011

Politics

Occupiers continue West Coast Port Blockade - Oakland

Hundreds of protesters march from downtown Oakland to continue the picket at the Port of Oakland, joined by Scott Olsen in his first appearance since...

by Skyler Reid in United States on 12/12/2011

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05/02/2012 - Fog causes flight delays at the Macedonia airport - Greece - Dense fog fell over the city of...
17/12/2011 - The floating Christmas tree sinks - Greece - Due to strong winds blowing in...
12/12/2011 - Occupiers continue West Coast Port Blockade - Oakland - United States - Hundreds of protesters march from...
12/12/2011 - Occupy Movement Shuts down Port of Oakland again - United States - More than 1,000 protesters from the...
12/12/2011 - Occupy protesters march to shut down the Port of Oakland - United States - As part of the coast-wide West Coast...
13/11/2011 - Haifa port sees overwhelming surge in Traffic - Israel - Haifa Port Company Ltd continues...
02/11/2011 - Occupy Oakland protesters hold General Strike - United States - Approximately 5000 people joined in a...
11/10/2011 - Luxury Yacht Luna in Spain - Barcelona - Spain - Yacht Luna in the Port of Barcelona....
11/10/2011 - Luxury Yacht Eclipse in Spain - Barcelona - Spain - Yacht Eclipse in the Port of Barcelona...
16/09/2011 - Tall ships arrive at the Old Port of Montreal - Canada - The Old Port of Montreal is hosting six...

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Protest in front of the Ministry of Interior
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in front of the Ministry of Interior to protest police involvement after over 70 people were killed in riots at a football stadium in Port Said. Cairo...
Fog causes flight delays at the Macedonia airport
Dense fog fell over the city of Thessaloniki the early morning hours. The result was delayed 7 flights were to land at the Macedonia airport. Thessaloniki. Greece. 5th February 2012
Continued sporadic clashes At Mohamed Mahmoud Street
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Graffiti commemorates life of Vittorio Arrigoni - Gaza
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Riot near the Ministry of Interior
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Egyptian protesters and riot police clash in Cairo
Police fire teargas at protesters on during clashes following the deadly football violence in Port Said. Cairo. Egypt. 4th February 2012
Clashes on Mansour Street
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Clashes on Mansour Street
Clashes on Mansour St, near Tahrir Square follow the deaths of more than 70 fans at a football match in Port Said. The clashes are close to the Interior Ministry, which has authority o...
Renewed clashes in the vicinity of the Ministry of Interior - Egypt
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Relative calm and human shields after MOI clashes in Cairo
Relative calm and human shields to prevent a recurrence of clashes in the Forth day after deadly clashes, as anger at Egypt's ruling military boiled over after 74 people died in fo...
Demonstrations at Ministry of Interior - Cairo
Demonstrations at the Egyptian Interior Ministry in protest of events in Port Said that left 74 people dead. Cairo, Egypt. 3rd February 2012
Night clashes in downtown Cairo
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Night clashes in downtown Cairo
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Clashes between security forces and Egyptian demonstrators
Egyptian police fire tear gas as thousands of demonstrators outside the Interior Ministry protest the security forces' failure to prevent a soccer riot that killed more than 70 peo...