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Drive to cleanse justice system Series of measures announced after trial-fixing scandal include stricter watch on appointment by lot As Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis took a public stance yesterday on the burgeoning trial-fixing scandal, saying the allegations «cast a heavy shadow over Greek justice,» Justice Minister Anastassis Papaligouras heralded a series of tough anti-corruption measures.

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Restive farmers trade positions

One large group of Thessaly cotton farmers called off their roadside protests yesterday as Communist Party...

Archbishop denies corruption link

Archbishop Christodoulos, head of the Church of Greece, yesterday hit back at accusations...

Six held for locking up migrants

Police have arrested six people on suspicion of being members of a migrant smuggling ring...

An e-mail blow for nosy bosses

Bosses can no longer snoop on their workers' e-mails and Internet surfing activities...

Metro grinds to a halt as thief takes to tunnel

The entire Athens metro network was shut down briefly yesterday as security guards and police chased a suspected pickpocket down a tunnel under the heart of the capital.

IN BRIEF

Bridge partially reopens today as repair work on cable continues : The Rio-Antirio bridge is to reopen at 5 a.m. today...

Fares up 8.3 percent from Feb. 15 : Taxi fares are to increase by an average of 8.3 percent from February 15...

Zakynthos quake : A strong undersea quake, measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale, occurred southwest of the island of Zakynthos...

List of journalists : The Athens Journalists' Union (ESHEA) said last night that it would publish on its website a list of journalists...

Heavy snowfall : A woman walks on the snow-covered mountain of Penteli, northeast of Athens...

Bank strike : Economy Minister Giorgos Alogoskoufis is due to have talks tomorrow...

Coach crash : The 45-year-old driver of coach that crashed into three oncoming vehicles...

Iraqi polls : The relatively smooth manner in which Sunday's Iraqi elections were conducted...


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EDITORIAL

Not that pious after all... The Greek public can only watch dumbfounded as the country's bishops humiliate themselves on television, tossing barbs at each other and trading accusations of forgery, blackmail, dissolute living, even drug trafficking.

COMMENTARY

Lapses of memory The main opposition party's habit of charging the government with amnesia or selective memory - in other words, accusing it of making juicy pre-election pledges that it can't fulfill - is understandable; but the results of this approach are poor.

OPINION

Is pension reform too hot to handle? We all know very well how governments will do anything to avoid tackling problems that bear a high political cost. Topping the list of such problems is social security reform... We don't need to be reminded of the panic-stricken backtracking of the last PASOK government in 2001 when its proposed pension legislation caused an uproar among workers, unionists and even some party members. New Democracy - then in opposition...

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