An ancient land and the dream that won't die.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IT'S AKIN TO going back in a magical time machine. A collage filled with glorious civilisations, complex political machinations and a humanity interwoven with rich cultural and personal intrigue. An area which saw the ancient armies of the Canaanites, Philistines, Egyptians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, and...

Zila Adds 4 European Markets for Its Proprietary Oral Cancer Screening Product.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-2 September 2008-Zila Adds 4 European Markets for Its Proprietary Oral Cancer Screening Product(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Zila announced that it has selected Dentaid to be the exclusive distributor of ViziLite Plus with TBlue, Zila's proprietary oral cancer screening product, in Spain, France,...

European Union increases recycling targets.
The European Union increased its waste management targets in June. By 2020, EU households must reuse or recycle at least 50 percent of their waste, and construction waste is required to meet a 70-percent recycling target. The general recycling targets are a first for the EU. Yet...

Canadian peacekeepers remembered.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In June of this year the government passed legislation designating August 9th as National Peacekeepers' Day to honour the thousands of Canadians in the armed forces and police services who have served on UN and other peacekeeping missions. Previously, different groups had selected...

Pomegranate Seeds: An Anthology of Greek-American Poetry.
Pomegranate Seeds: An Anthology of Greek-American Poetry. Dean Kostos, ed. Boston. Somerset Hall. 2008. 299 pages. $19.95. ISBN 978-097746104-2 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Difficult as it is to believe, this is the first anthology of Greek American poetry to be published, and it makes for a unique...

The lustrous wares of late bronze age Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean; proceedings.
9783700137863 The lustrous wares of late bronze age Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean; proceedings. Lustrous Wares of Late Bronze Age Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean (2004: Vienna) Ed. by Irmgard Hein. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press 2007 209 pages...

Air Vice Marshal Ronald Dick, RAF (Ret.) 1931-2008.
Air Vice-Marshal Ronald Dick, RAF (Ret.) died at his home in Virginia on March 25 2008. He was seventy-six. Dick served in the Royal Air Force as a fighter pilot and a V-bomber squadron commander before settling in the United States, where he launched a second career...

MTN is one of the largest telecom players in Africa.
Byline: Mansi Tiwari A south Africa-based company, MTN is communication service provider offering cellular-based services and business solutions. With operations in 21 countries across Africa and the Middle East, it is one of the largest emerging market mobile operators globally. Founded in 1994, the company at the...

Mediterranean crossroads.
9789963907168 Mediterranean crossroads. Ed. by Sophia Antoniadou and Anthony Pace. Pierides Foundation 2007 784 pages $80.00 Paperback DE80 Antoniadou (curator, Pierides Foundation, Athens, Greece) and Pace (Superintendent of Cultural Heritage, Malta)...

Second Diabetic Foot Seminar: Cyprus, 26 January 2008.
The 2nd Diabetic Foot Seminar in Cyprus was organised by the Cyprus Association of Internal Medicine, Cyprus Association of Diabetologists, and Cypriot Society of Podiatrists and was held at the University of Nicosia. Numerous distinguished guests were invited to the seminar, and their presence turned out to...