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Rooftop nest home to storks in Sivas for 35 years
Storks have flown back to their nest with the arrival of spring, after their nest was moved last year from the roof of a middle school to the roof of an elementary school in the central Anatolian province of Sivas. Due to safety reasons, the 35-year-old nest was carefully moved to its new spot with a crane.
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Crowe nets millions from divorce auction
Hollywood actor Russell Crowe's unusual "divorce auction" of personal items and movie memorabilia, including "Gladiator" props and a leather jockstrap he wore in "Cinderella Man," exceeded expectations and raked in millions of dollars for the Australian star.
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Winnie Mandela, South African Anti-apartheid Crusader, Dies at 81
(CNN) - Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the South African anti-apartheid campaigner and former wife of the late President Nelson Mandela, has died at age 81.
Chrysta Bell | Athens | April 4
Chrysta Bell, the singer and actress who has lent her voice to a number of emblematic tracks in David Lynch's surreal dramas, performs at Gagarin 205 on Wednesday, April 4, starting at 9 p.m. The artist will be performing songs from her latest album, "We Dissolve," as well as from the Lynch-produced "This Train" and "Somewhere in the Nowhere," among other work.
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With paper and phones, Atlanta struggles to recover from cyber attack
Atlanta's top officials holed up in their offices on March 31 as they worked to restore critical systems knocked out by a nine-day-old cyber-attack that plunged the Southeastern U.S. metropolis into technological chaos and forced some city workers to revert to paper.
Gadjo Dilo | Athens | March 31
Local purveyors of gypsy jazz Gadjo Dilo take the stage at Gazarte on Saturday, March 31, for a concert of classic numbers from Italy and France, as well as original work stemming from its albums "Manouche De Grec" and "Manouche De Grec Vol II." Doors open at 9 p.m. and tickets cost 8 euros (online at www.viva.gr or by phone at 11876).
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Jacques Tati's 'Playtime' | Athens | March 27
Celebrated French filmmaker Jacques Tati's 1967 comedy "Playtime," a study on six encounters in Paris between the legendary Monsieur Hulot and a group of middle-aged American women, is being screened at the George Zongolopoulos Foundation on Tuesday, March 27.
The free-of-charge screening starts at 5.30 p.m. and is in French with Greek subtitles.
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Bulgarians rush to save frozen storks, feed them fish at home
What would you do if you came upon scores of distressed storks covered in ice, lying in a snow-covered field? In Bulgaria, people have been taking them home.
Cambridge Analytica: CEO Suspended, Zuckerberg Called to Testify in U.K. over Facebook's use of Data
LONDON — The head of Trump-affiliated data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica has been suspended, while government authorities are bearing down on both the firm and Facebook over allegations the firm stole data from 50 million Facebook users to manipulate elections.
Serbs Petition Town To Name Street After Hawking
Locals in the Serbian town of Cacak have launched a petition to name a street after Stephen Hawking, who died on March 14 after a long battle with motor neurone disease.
"One of the greatest minds of the twentieth century undoubtedly deserves a street in Cacak to bear his name," the petition published online said.
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