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Church rebuilds after 9/11
An orthodox church destroyed by the September 11 attacks in 2001 will be rebuilt after images were publishes on the website of architect Santiago Calatrava
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Greek mythology lends names to Pluto’s moons
Kerberos and Styx were discovered in 2011 and 2012, by the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Catsimatidis to run for NYC mayor
Billionaire John A. Catsimatidis announced he would seek the Republican nomination for mayor of New York City.
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Greek-Canadian bride drowns in wedding dress tragedy
A Greek-Canadian woman has drowned after being dragged by a strong current near a waterfall in Quebec, Canada.
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UK gets its first Greek Orthodox school
Britain will be getting its first Greek Orthodox secondary school in September 2013.
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Spain and France feeling Greek euro contagion
Spain and France came under intense pressure from the European Commission on Friday to deepen their deficit cuts as anxiety mounted over Greece’s ability to stay in the euro zone.
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Einstein’s complete archives go online
Albert Einstein’s complete archives – from personal correspondence with half a dozen lovers to notebooks scribbled with his groundbreaking research – are going online for the first
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Toulouse siege ends in gunman’s death
The Toulouse shooting suspect, Mohamed Merah, has died after police stormed his flat, ending a 32-hour siege.
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US sniper could face death penalty
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta confirmed this week that capital punishment was on the table under the US military code for the rogue sniper who last week killed 16 Afghanis.
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Congo warlord convicted
The international criminal court has delivered the first verdict in its ten-year history, finding a Congolese warlord guilty of recruiting child soldiers.