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In Greece, loan sharks compound the pain

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In Greece, loan sharks compound the pain. In Greece, loan sharks compound the pain. ATHENS Nov 23, 2011. ATHENS Nov 23, 2011. For self-made businessman Dimitrios, the threats began with a phone call from a man who said they knew where his daughter was. At first the 57-year-old window installer kept quiet about the calls. When his car was torched in front of his house, he hid the blackened metal shell from his family. Wealth management Theodore Krintas. But as it has become harder for many Greeks to do th...

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Shakespeare gives hope to Afghanistan arts revival

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Shakespeare gives hope to Afghanistan arts revival. LONDON Jun 6, 2012. A bearded man in drag and the Afghan army make unlikely companions in an adapted Shakespeare comedy whose London staging has shone a spotlight on Afghanistan's neglected arts scene. Thirty years of war and conflict have severely hampered Afghanistan's cultural development. Afghans boast a rich musical legacy and tradition of poetry, but many of the most talented go abroad, fleeing a film industry on the brink of collapse. Jaber said ...

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Daunted Afghans find refuge in former foe Russia (Reuters). MOSCOW Aug 22, 2011. Signs in Dari decorate the creaky lifts of a Moscow hotel heaving with Afghan merchants and schoolchildren who have found refuge in a former foe. Although still haunted by the decade-long war in which 15,000 Soviet troops were killed, Russia has renewed interest in Afghanistan, quietly allowing the local Afghan community to thrive as a gesture of goodwill. Russia's love affair with dill more than a sprinkle (Reuters). In her...

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Life in Ukraine's buffer zone (Politico). Dec 6, 2015. The front line of the war in eastern Ukraine divides towns, villages and even families into Ukrainian territory or rebel territory. On each side, stretching for 15 kilometers, is the internationally-agreed buffer zone an allegedly demilitarized area created as part of the second Minsk peace deal in February. Photo: Dieter Zirnig (Flickr). The Return of the ‘Afgantsy’ (Politico). Sep 27, 2015. Photo: Joël van Houdt. DONETSK Jul 21, 2015. Nov 13, 2014.

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Daunted Afghans find refuge in former foe Russia

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Daunted Afghans find refuge in former foe Russia. MOSCOW Aug 22, 2011. Signs in Dari decorate the creaky lifts of a Moscow hotel heaving with Afghan merchants and schoolchildren who have found refuge in a former foe. Although still haunted by the decade-long war in which 15,000 Soviet troops were killed, Russia. Has renewed interest in Afghanistan. Quietly allowing the local Afghan community to thrive as a gesture of goodwill. The Russians now welcome us. It. Over the years, you will see that few have re...

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The Long Haul: The monumental task of packing up a war

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KABUL Sept/Oct, 2013. The monumental task of packing up a war. KABUL Sept/Oct, 2013. The monumental task of packing up a war. At the sprawling Bush Market deep within Afghanistan's capital, the American war is for sale. The maze of some 500 interconnected stores, named for the U.S. president who invaded in 2001, is a chaotic emporium brimming with goods carted in by truck to supply NATO troops. Since the end of. He clasped the white, wispy beard reaching to the middle of his chest as he looked down on tw...

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Nazi jokes, wrath at Germans highlight Greek despair

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Nazi jokes, wrath at Germans highlight Greek despair. Nazi jokes, wrath at Germans highlight Greek despair. ATHENS Oct 26, 2011. ATHENS Oct 26, 2011. The dark shadow of German-driven austerity measures squeezing Greece has revived historical enmities and evoked comparisons to the massive destruction of the Mediterranean country at the hands of Nazi Germany over 65 years ago. I used the German uniforms symbolically, cartoonist Stathis Stavropoulos told Reuters through an interpreter. Published on October ...

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A little slice of Scotland... in Kazakhstan

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A little slice of Scotland. in Kazakhstan. ALMATY Oct 2013, 2008. In a smoke-filled bar in the Kazakh financial capital Almaty, the laughter of Scottish ex-pats is loud and boisterous. More than three thousand miles (5,491 km) separate the Scottish Highlands and the Central Asian steppe, but a mutual interest in oil and gas has created a surprising alliance. Residents estimate that around 400 Scots live in ex-Soviet Kazakhstan, a resource-rich country roughly the size of. The oil industry here in Kazakhs...

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Stalin residence symbol of Abkhaz independence

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Photo: Salvatore.Freni (Flickr). KHOLODNAYA RECHKA Jun 11, 2009. Stalin residence symbol of Abkhaz independence. Army green and nestled amongst lemon trees, the luxurious dacha once belonging to the Soviet Union's most notorious leader is hidden on a cliff top overlooking Abkhazia's lush Black Sea coast. The dacha has become emblematic of this sub-tropical strip of land. It belonged to a Georgian, is now inhabited by an ethnic Abkhaz and has piqued the interest of Russians. It is encircled by scores of o...

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Photo: Joel van Houdt. John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford: Where are the stories in global media reported by Afghan women? STANFORD Nov 12, 2013. Photo (modified): Josh Ives. Life in the Land of Britain's Political Insurgents (The Atlantic). CLACTON-ON-SEA Apr 14, 2015. From its base in a sleepy seaside town, the UK Independence Party is forcing a debate about immigration and national identity. Photo: Reuben Thomson (Flickr). Shakespeare gives hope to Afghanistan arts revival (Reuters).