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Small bombs make Olympic-size waves Officials: Attack an ‘isolated incident,’ no threat to Games Three small bombs exploded outside a police station in Athens's densely populated Kallithea district in the pre-dawn hours yesterday.

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The world watches warily

The bomb blasts at Athens's Kallithea police station yesterday sent waves across the world, making already jittery officials even more concerned about the safety of this August's Olympics.

Erdogan due in Athens tonight

Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives in Athens this evening on the first official visit to Greece by a Turkish head of government since the late 1980s, at a time when the thaw in Greco-Turkish relations is overcast by the failed Cyprus reunification drive.

Plans to save up to 7.5 billion

Greece's main economic aim over the next few years will be to accelerate growth...

2 dead in freak tank accident

Two people were crushed to death and another three seriously injured yesterday at an army camp in northern Greece when a trainee driver lost control of his light tank and crashed into a group of cadet officers.

Greek Olympians hit by construction delays

The home team at the August Olympics will aim to exceed the 13-medal tally of the Sydney Games, and would like to win a total of 20, the head of Greece's Olympic squad said yesterday...

IN BRIEF

PM vows support, seeks minority's protection after meeting with Nano : Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis yesterday stressed the strength of Greece's ties with Albania...

NCO dies while inspecting fighter jet at Tanagra : A non-commissioned officer was killed yesterday while inspecting the undercarriage cavity of a Mirage...

Turkish jets chased away : Eight formations of Turkish fighter jets yesterday entered the Athens Flight Information Region...

Illegal immigrants : Coast guards on Crete were yesterday detaining another 68 illegal immigrants...

Construction probe : A file containing details of the activities of a firm, set up by the previous government...

ELA love nest : Revolutionary Popular Struggle (ELA) suspect Angeletos Kanas yesterday admitted to renting a studio flat...

Rizari park : The Athens Academy yesterday issued a petition expressing its opposition...

Wind damage : A whirlwind which struck Patras and the Achaia prefecture in the early afternoon yesterday...

Wall collapse : A large section of the Venetian walls of Nicosia, not far from the Ledra Palace checkpoint, collapsed yesterday...


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EDITORIAL

Out of proportion The explosion of three homemade bombs at the Kallithea police station yesterday was no doubt an unfortunate incident - even more so against the backdrop of Public Order Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis's visit to the US for discussions with CIA and FBI agents on Olympic security issues. It was an unwelcome but at the same time insignificant incident - which by no means justifies the furor that followed.

COMMENTARY

Olympic double vision Yesterday's bomb attack on the Kallithea police station was a wake-up call. Not due to the significance of the attack itself, because it was neither big enough to cause much damage nor in a place or time where it could injure passers-by. But it showed that on the issue of Olympic security the way in which we see such incidents in Greece is wildly out of synch with the way the rest of the world does.

OPINION

Defense contracts "Whatever evidence the judicial authorities need, they will get,» Defense Minister Spilios Spiliotopoulos told the Inner Cabinet during a debate on the concerns and priorities of his ministry. While this may strike one as a self-evident assertion, it is also a very promising one. Let's hope that a current investigation will get to the bottom of a sensitive issue...

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