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Meropi Kyriacou Honored as TNH Educator of the Year
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. mediator trying to resolve a 25-year-old dispute between Greece and FYROM over the former Yugoslav republic’s name says the issues “have been narrowed” and both sides are determined to reach an agreement.
Matthew Nimetz told reporters Friday that talks “have been intensified considerably” after two days of meetings with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and FYROM’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov. He said the ministers are heading to Brussels and will continue their dialogue there.
Greeks maintain their northern neighbor’s name implies a territorial claim to Greece’s adjoining province of Macedonia. Officially called the Republic of Macedonia when it gained independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, Greece has blocked the country’s bid to join NATO because of the dispute.
Nimetz said both countries recognize “the importance of reaching an agreement.”
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea.
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — It was in the den that Karen Goodwin most strongly felt her son’s presence: On the coffee table were his ashes, inside a clock with its hands forever frozen at 12:35 a.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A bus carrying worshippers on a long-distance trip from Botswana to an Easter weekend church gathering in South Africa plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass Thursday and burst into flames as it hit the rocky ground below, killing at least 45 people, authorities said.