Byzantium, later Constantinople and present-day Istanbul, was an ancient Greek city, which, according to legend, was founded by Greek colonists from Megara in 667 BC and named after their king Byzas or Byzantas (Βύζας or Βύζαντας in Greek). The name "Byzantium" is a Latinization of the original Thracian-Greek name Byzantion (Βυζάντιον; see also List of traditional Greek place names).
Source: International Assn. of Athletics Federations
Rome, Italy - With champions leading virtually all the fields of the longer events on the programme, it's crystal clear that next Thursday's Compeed Golden Gala, the third stop of the 2012 Samsung Diamond League se ...
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ISTANBUL May 25 (Reuters) - Private equity firm Cinven is expected to buy a majority stake in Turkish security systems company Pronet, two sources close to the deal told Reuters on Friday. Pronet has mandated ...
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* Police followed car for some 100 km before blast * No claim of responsibility for attack ISTANBUL, May 25 (Reuters) - Two militants set off a bomb inside their car by a police headquarters in the central T ...
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By Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Two militants set off a bomb inside their car by a police headquarters in the central Turkish province of Kayseri on Friday, killing themselves and one policeman and wounding 18 others, Turkey's interior ...
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LONDON — Hot on the heels of its first New York outing , London’s Frieze Art Fair has just released the full list of exhibitors for 2012. The fair will take place, like every year, in Regent’s Park from October 1 ...
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With an arm and a leg looped around a long oar, the fishermen on Burma's Inle Lake propel and steer their boats. Picture: Alamy Source: Supplied Kayakers on the lookout for killer whales off Vancouver Island. Picture: Kerry L ...
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From Yesim Comert , CNN May 25, 2012 -- Updated 1328 GMT (2128 HKT) File photo of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who said one person was killed in the bombing. STORY HIGHLIGHTS One policeman ...
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Oslo, Norway – 2011 World Athlete of the Year Sally Pearson will begin her European campaign at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games on 7 June, the fifth stop on the 2012 Samsung Diamond League circuit. Pearson was nothing short o ...
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The political stance of the “particular political party” that acts as an extension of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is "very" important following this morning’s suicide bomb attack by suspected PKK member ...
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