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PASOK wants early polls Gov’t attributes Papandreou’s motion to internal strife; vote tomorrow The leader of the main opposition PASOK party yesterday declared a vote of no confidence against the conservative government and demanded early elections in what was widely seen as a bid to overcome divisions within the Socialist party.

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Deans meet on tertiary reforms

A scheduled meeting between university deans in Athens today could sway academics split on the government's controversial tertiary education reforms, sources said yesterday.

Row over Cyprus oil prospects

Military confrontation should be a last resort in a dispute over oil and gas exploration in the Mediterranean Sea near the divided island of Cyprus, the leader of the Turkish-occupied north of Cyprus said yesterday.

Many tots must travel for surgery

About 1,000 infants are born every year in Greece with congenital heart defects that require surgery, with some 20 percent forced to go abroad for the operation, doctors said yesterday.

Inquiry into beating ends

The findings of a police investigation into the alleged beating of a Cypriot student on the night of November 17 are expected to be handed over to senior officials in the next few days.

Gambling addicts face depression, alcoholism

About 40 percent of gambling addicts regularly consume alcohol and another 20 percent have chronic thoughts about suicide, according to data released yesterday by the Center of Intercultural Psychiatric Care.

IN BRIEF

4.8-level tremor hits country's northwest; no injuries or damage : An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale shook parts of northwestern Greece yesterday...

Xylokastro station due by end-2009 : The extension of Athens's suburban railway will have reached Xylokastro by the end of 2009, Transport Minister Michalis Liapis said yesterday...

Mailman attacked : A postal worker was shot and injured in an attempted holdup in Iraklion, Crete, yesterday while traveling in his car...

Woman robbed : An 80-year-old woman was violently beaten by three men...

Heroin find : An Albanian national, aged 47, was arrested in Thessaloniki yesterday after police found two kilos of heroin...

Traffic disruption : Roadworks scheduled to begin on Vassilissis Amalias Avenue in central Athens on Monday night will cause traffic disruptions...


THIS WEEKEND

SATURDAY : Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis to meet with Environment Minister Giorgos Souflias at 10 a.m. and with Development Minister Dimitris Sioufas...

SUNDAY : Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis travels to Thrace, invited by the Rhodope and Xanthi chambers of commerce and industry...


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EDITORIAL

Politics as a PR exercise PASOK leader George Papandreou's censure move against the conservative government yesterday was grandstanding, pure and simple. The opposition stands no chance of winning that vote. The event is a typical symptom of our political conundrum, in which image overshadows substance. Such sensationalist acts may offer one short-lived political gain but, in the long term, they are doing a major disservice to politics.

COMMENTARY

Unholy alliance So it's not like the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of August 1939 or the Sklavenas-Sofoulis agreement in 1936. This is a bipartisan deal, proof of the foolishness of those who signed it, and proof of the corruption of certain local Socialist party organizations. I am referring to the cooperation protocol signed in Corfu ahead of local elections between PASOK's municipal candidate Georgios Macheimaris and Georgios Merianos of the ultra-right-wing LAOS party.

OPINION

Europeans unhappy with their currency The overwhelming majority of French, Germans, Italians and Spaniards believe that the euro has had a detrimental effect upon their national economies, according to the results of a recent survey by the British newspaper Financial Times.

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