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Stone Age People Drove Dwarf Hippos, Elephants To Extinction On Cyprus? Study Says...
Cyprus wasnt the only Mediterranean island with dwarf wildlife. In fact, Crete, Malta, Sicily, Sardinia and many other islands had their own dwarf elephants and hippos.
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Rescue Underway Of Boat With 400-500 Migrants On Board Off Greek Coast
Greece's coastguard on Tuesday was rescuing a fishing boat with up to 500 migrants onboard in strong winds southwest of Crete, a spokeswoman told AFP.
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British Grandfather Drowns Off Greek Island Trying To Save His Grandsons
A 61-year old British man drowned on Tuesday while trying to save his two grandsons in the sea off the island of Crete, Greece's coastguard said.
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6.3-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Greek Island Of Crete, None Injured
A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the Greek island of Crete Tuesday, the Athens Observatory said, with initial media reports suggesting no one was hurt.
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Earthquake Of Magnitude 6.5 Strikes Crete In Greece; 1 Person Killed
An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck Crete, Greece on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.
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6.1-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Greek island Of Crete: Officials
A strong 6.1-magnitude undersea earthquake shook the Greek island of Crete on Wednesday and was felt in other parts of the country, officials said.
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US Scientist Raped, Murdered In Greece; Body Dumped In Abandoned Bunker
A 27-year-old farmer on the Greek island on Crete has confessed to raping and murdering an American scientist before dumping her body in an abandoned World War II bunker, police said Tuesday.
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Ancient Footprints Suggest Humans May Have Come From Europe, Not Africa
Scientists have discovered human-like footprints in the Greek island Crete - dating back to 5.7 million years, which suggests that human ancestors may have existed in Europe at the same time as they evolved in Africa.
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Magnitude 5.2 Earthquake Strikes Off Greece's Crete: US Geological Survey
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck off the coast of Crete in Greece on Saturday the United States Geological Survey reported.
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Hundreds Missing Off Greece In New Migrant Sinking
Greek rescuers were searching for survivors on Friday after a migrant boat sank off the island of Crete, leaving at least nine people dead and hundreds missing.
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4 Dead, 340 Migrants Rescued As Boat Capsizes South Of Crete In Greece
Four bodies were recovered and 340 people rescued Friday from a sinking migrant boat carrying a "significant number" of people in the Mediterranean Sea south of the Greek island of Crete, authorities said.
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At Least 700 People On Board Capsized Boat Off Greece
At least 700 migrants were believed to be on board a boat that capsized off the Greek island of Crete Friday, with hundreds still missing, the International Organization for Migration said.
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6.1 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes East of Crete: Report
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck under the Mediterranean seabed east of the Greek island of Crete shortly after 6pm (local time) on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said.
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Google to Help Boost Greece's Tourism Industry
Google will offer management courses to 3,000 tourism businesses on the island of Crete as part of an initiative to promote the sector in Greece.
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Crete Counts on Cravings to Catch Mystery Crocodile
A Greek reptile expert on Friday began an operation to trap a two-metre long crocodile that mysteriously appeared in a man-made lake on the tourist island of Crete last weekend.
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Stone Age People Drove Dwarf Hippos, Elephants To Extinction On Cyprus? Study Says...
Cyprus wasnt the only Mediterranean island with dwarf wildlife. In fact, Crete, Malta, Sicily, Sardinia and many other islands had their own dwarf elephants and hippos.
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Rescue Underway Of Boat With 400-500 Migrants On Board Off Greek Coast
Greece's coastguard on Tuesday was rescuing a fishing boat with up to 500 migrants onboard in strong winds southwest of Crete, a spokeswoman told AFP.
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British Grandfather Drowns Off Greek Island Trying To Save His Grandsons
A 61-year old British man drowned on Tuesday while trying to save his two grandsons in the sea off the island of Crete, Greece's coastguard said.
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6.3-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Greek Island Of Crete, None Injured
A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the Greek island of Crete Tuesday, the Athens Observatory said, with initial media reports suggesting no one was hurt.
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Earthquake Of Magnitude 6.5 Strikes Crete In Greece; 1 Person Killed
An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck Crete, Greece on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.
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6.1-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Greek island Of Crete: Officials
A strong 6.1-magnitude undersea earthquake shook the Greek island of Crete on Wednesday and was felt in other parts of the country, officials said.
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US Scientist Raped, Murdered In Greece; Body Dumped In Abandoned Bunker
A 27-year-old farmer on the Greek island on Crete has confessed to raping and murdering an American scientist before dumping her body in an abandoned World War II bunker, police said Tuesday.
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Ancient Footprints Suggest Humans May Have Come From Europe, Not Africa
Scientists have discovered human-like footprints in the Greek island Crete - dating back to 5.7 million years, which suggests that human ancestors may have existed in Europe at the same time as they evolved in Africa.
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Magnitude 5.2 Earthquake Strikes Off Greece's Crete: US Geological Survey
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck off the coast of Crete in Greece on Saturday the United States Geological Survey reported.
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Hundreds Missing Off Greece In New Migrant Sinking
Greek rescuers were searching for survivors on Friday after a migrant boat sank off the island of Crete, leaving at least nine people dead and hundreds missing.
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4 Dead, 340 Migrants Rescued As Boat Capsizes South Of Crete In Greece
Four bodies were recovered and 340 people rescued Friday from a sinking migrant boat carrying a "significant number" of people in the Mediterranean Sea south of the Greek island of Crete, authorities said.
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At Least 700 People On Board Capsized Boat Off Greece
At least 700 migrants were believed to be on board a boat that capsized off the Greek island of Crete Friday, with hundreds still missing, the International Organization for Migration said.
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6.1 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes East of Crete: Report
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck under the Mediterranean seabed east of the Greek island of Crete shortly after 6pm (local time) on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said.
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Google to Help Boost Greece's Tourism Industry
Google will offer management courses to 3,000 tourism businesses on the island of Crete as part of an initiative to promote the sector in Greece.
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Crete Counts on Cravings to Catch Mystery Crocodile
A Greek reptile expert on Friday began an operation to trap a two-metre long crocodile that mysteriously appeared in a man-made lake on the tourist island of Crete last weekend.
