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Fugitive wreaks havoc Six policemen suspended after detainee hijacks three cars, kills bus driver The Interior Ministry has suspended six Thessaloniki police officers after a man arrested for petty theft escaped detention, hijacked three cars and shot dead a bus driver in the northern city on Saturday.

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FYROM stance a worry for Athens

As the United Nations special mediator in the Macedonia name dispute prepares for visits to Athens and Skopje...

Minister mounts novel defense

Justice Minister Sotiris Hatzigakis intervened yesterday to ask for the review of a recent decision by a judge...

Cannabis fest ends on a low

A two-day festival, aimed at promoting the decriminalization of cannabis, that was being held at Athens's Agricultural University...

Zoning bill called into question

A number of politicians, businessmen and environmentalists have expressed their concerns about the government's land zoning plan...

Leros seeks help after influx of immigrants

Prefectural authorities in the Dodecanese yesterday appealed to the government to declare a state of emergency...

IN BRIEF

Man with half a kilo of heroin in his stomach faints at customs : A 44-year-old man who tried to smuggle half a kilo of heroin...

Balcony plunge : Boy, 10, critical after 3rd-floor fall : A 10-year-old boy was in critical condition yesterday...

Flight disruptions : Several Olympic Airlines domestic flights were canceled...

Ship collision : Two cargo ships collided off the coast of Salamina on Saturday morning...

Police sweeps : A police sweep in Thessaloniki over the past week resulted...


THIS WEEK

Monday : The Athens Summit 2008 on «Climate Change and Energy Security,» begins....

Tuesday : The Gennadius Library holds a lecture on «Imagining Constantinople,»....

Thursday : Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis to be awarded....

Friday : Archbishop Ieronymos pays his first official visit....


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‘Best color tattoo’... At the Second International Tattoo Convention, which was held at the Technopolis complex...

EDITORIAL

It’s high time the debate began Every civilized country has a straightforward national zoning plan. Any businessman knows where he is allowed to establish a hotel or industrial plant, while the ordinary citizen knows where he can build a house. Greece has until now lacked such a zoning plan and, as a result, we can only welcome the government's decision to bring the issue to Parliament. It is time for a long-ranging and serious debate on the future of this country

COMMENTARY

Highway to hell «Shakira is praying for us,» Costis, my 9-year-old son, said from the back seat. In the rear-view mirror I stole a glance at his little face as a car passed us, heading in the opposite direction. His two sisters laughed as they listened to the Colombian pop diva's song on the CD player, which starts off with something resembling a chant before sliding into more familiar Latin pop rhythms. But my little boy was dead serious. He was probably aware of my fear and anger.

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