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Hollywood – In Ancient Greece any attempt to hurt dolphins was punished with death, but this gradually faded out with time. This is how the trailer begins of the new documentary film, “The Cove”, which won this year’s Oscar award for Best Feature Documentary.
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Independent production company Metaphor Entertainment, LLC has announced plans to produce “Land of The Angels,” a film depicting the termination of Salonica, Greece’s Sephardic Jewish population and the Sonderkommando uprising at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, in which 135 Salonica Jews participated.
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Hollywood - Actresses Demi Moore and Nia Vardalos were linked to an online chain of Twitter posts that ultimately led to Florida authorities intervening when a young man threatened to commit suicide. Moore’s Twitter account was among those responding to a message from a young man threatening to hang himself last week in Casselberry, north of Orlando. Moore – with 2.5 million followers – and husband Ashton Kutcher are both active on the social network.
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Manchester – The most trusted man of Manchester United coach, Sir Alex Ferguson, is Epirot Sotiris Hasiakos, the manager of an exclusive London club in Park Lane. The two men communicate frequently every day by telephone and share their interest in horses and horse racing. Recently, they became co-owners of two horses, to which they have given Greek names – Aetos and Pausanias - as Sir Alex wanted to please his close friend, Sotiris.
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Sydney - March 25 is the anniversary of Greece’s struggle for Independence in 1821 after some 400 years of Ottoman occupation. The Inter-Communities Council of NSW of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia is organising a large-scale celebration in honour of Greece’s Independence this Sunday, March 21. It is anticipated that between 8,000 and 10,000 people will attend the event, including around 3,000 students of Orthodox Day Colleges and afternoon Greek language schools.
Sydney - March 25 is the anniversary of Greece’s…