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Students intensify protests Macedonia University rector and senate members locked in for eight hours Greece's universities were plunged into more trouble yesterday after a group of leftist students essentially held the rector of the University of Macedonia and 20 members of the institution's senate hostage in an attempt to force them to recall a decision.

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Four cities to contest Olympics for 2016

The 2016 Olympics will be hosted by either Chicago, Tokyo, Madrid or Rio de Janeiro, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided in Athens...

Air in Thessaloniki contains DDT

A toxic cocktail that includes arsenic, nickel, cadmium and the pesticide DDT have all been detected in the air...

Actor knifed to death at home

Soap opera actor Nikos Sergianopoulos was found stabbed to death in his apartment in Pangrati, eastern Athens...

Bus service gets rough ride in opinion poll

Buses are the most popular mode of public transport in Athens but also the one that commuters complain the most about...

IN BRIEF

Military procurements and EU presidency to top agenda : The possibility of Greece buying navy ships and fighter jets from France...

Tilos mayor cites Constitution in defense of two marriages : The mayor of the small Aegean island of Tilos...

PM pledges to discuss voting : Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis said yesterday...

Arson attacks : Fires broke out at local branches of the New Democracy and PASOK parties...

Taxi fines : Rude and uncooperative taxi drivers were fined...

Euro 2008 : Members of the Greek national soccer team joke with coach Otto Rehhagel...

Homegrown : Two men have been arrested in northern Greece for growing marijuana plants...

Sprinter's return : In his first 100-meter race since a doping ban in 2006...

Euroleague berth : Panionios secured its place in next season's Euroleague...


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A six-hour work stoppage... A state hospital employee throws a tub of yogurt at the Health Ministry yesterday...

EDITORIAL

Time for deans to turn a page The violent outbursts that took place yesterday on the campus of Macedonia University in Thessaloniki demonstrated that the law is enforced only as long as the rector possesses the requisite political will to do so. This should teach a lesson to the academic community at large. Instead of grumbling about the sorry state of Greece's higher education institutions, university rectors should rather seek to enforce the law. The lawgivers after all have equipped them with all the necessary tools.

COMMENTARY

Rich man, poor man The world used to be a simpler place. There were rich and poor countries, and they were usually divided along north and south, west and east. Today, with globalized trade and labor, with developments in technology and transport, everything is getting mixed up. The old dividing lines are still there - the rich countries are still richer than the developing ones, but many of the latter are amassing enormous wealth, which is changing their own countries and their relations with others.

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