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Terror link probed in police attack Revolutionary Struggle suspected of shooting officer who remains in critical condition; five people remanded Five people were remanded in custody yesterday accused of illegally possessing weapons after a massive police operation in the Athens neighborhood where a 21-year-old police officer was shot and seriously wounded on Monday.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

Papoulias points at Turkish army

President Karolos Papoulias repeated yesterday his accusation against Turkey that it is a «fractious neighbor,» as he used his presence at Epiphany celebrations on the tiny island of Agathonisi...

Lover ‘helped’ spouse killer

Police are looking for a 24-year-old man in Thessaloniki who is suspected of being an accomplice in the admitted killing by a 57-year-old woman of her husband last week, officers said yesterday...

Nun held for tax office scam worth thousands

A nun who also worked at a tax office in Serres, northern Greece, is being investigated for allegedly forging dozens of applications for financial aid in order to obtain thousands of euros that was meant to go to poor families...

IN BRIEF

No service tomorrow; civil servants plan Friday stoppage : Metro workers are due to stage a 24-hour strike tomorrow...

Store owner abducted, robbed : The owner of a fast-food store in Serres, northern Greece, was kidnapped...

Cabbies' tip : Taxi drivers should no longer claim their 1 euro holiday season tip...

Taverna raid : Two masked, armed men beat up and robbed a restaurant owner in the village of Melenikitsi...

Thieves foiled : A police patrol in Retziki, Thessaloniki, surprised an undisclosed number of robbers...

Drug bust : Narcotics police have found 162 kilos of unprocessed cannabis in a house...

Bank heist : Two masked men made off with 11,500 euros from a branch of ATEbank...


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Traditional events... A man celebrates in Thessaloniki yesterday...

EDITORIAL

Nip new terrorism in the bud We are seeing a new generation of terrorists emerging here in Greece and this is an extremely dangerous development that could hurt the country on many different levels. The murderous attack against a group of police officers is but the most recent example of their activities. The Public Order Ministry has not kept a close eye on these developments, despite the fact that in the period since the Athens Olympic Games in 2004...

EDITORIAL:AthensPlus

2008: The end of illusions Even before the year started, it was evident that 2008 would be difficult, mainly because of the storm clouds gathering on the horizon as the housing market crashed in the United States. At the time, Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis and his minister for the economy, Giorgos Alogoskoufis, were adamant that the Greek economy was «armor-plated.» The fortifications, if they did exist, were useless: The crisis was here even before the storm crossed the Atlantic.

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