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Ancient site saved from works
 Akadimia Platonos locals welcome move to block construction; prefect pushes for right to rent alternative site

Residents of the neighborhood of Akadimia Platonos, the site of Plato's Academy in Kolonos, western Athens, yesterday welcomed a decision to block the planned construction of a multistory building next to the ancient site.
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Media groups to lose tax concession
The government was yesterday forced to withdraw an amendment from Parliament which would have extended for another three years...
Attiki Odos heads for roadblock
Plans to extend the Attiki Odos toll highway by building a long tunnel through Mount Hymettus are set to be challenged in court...
Minister seeks talks on police
Alternate Interior Minister Christos Markoyiannakis will tomorrow send a letter to opposition party leaders...
End of ISAP revamp in sight, Thiseion to open
An intensive upgrade of the Athens-Piraeus urban electric railway (ISAP) is due for completion next February.
IN BRIEF
Police to help patrol Seikh Sou as gov't recruits more firemen : Thessaloniki police are to join fire service units in regular patrols of Seikh Sou...
Prisons not secure, they say : Prison guards across the country yesterday joined a 48-hour strike...
Costly flat : A motorist who suffered a flat tire in the Stavroupoli area of Thessaloniki on Tuesday was robbed...
Quake victim : A 29-year-old Greek student, who sustained serious injuries during the 6.3 Richter earthquake...
Activists convicted : A court in Thessaloniki yesterday handed down suspended sentences to three activists...
Drug haul : Police in the central town of Trikala yesterday were questioning a 33-year-old motorist...
Cards swiped : Unidentified thieves yesterday made their way into a courier's office...

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Cretan farmers return to the capital Some 1,000 farmers from Crete staged a peaceful protest...
EDITORIAL
Break from protests needed
 The people of Athens finally need a break from the constant trial of protest marches that bring the city center to a halt and block off major thoroughfares. Alternate Interior Minister Christos Markoyiannakis, under whose jurisdiction this issue falls, must enforce the existing law, which prohibits a handful of people - and this is very often the case - from holding the entire capital city hostage and jeopardizing the smooth operation of thousands of businesses...
EDITORIAL:AthensPlus
A torturous proces
 The wrongs or rights of torture have been the subject of much debate over the past few days. But sometimes it does not take a person being shackled, dressed in an orange jumpsuit and then «waterboarded» to feel that they are being tortured. The last few weeks, which have seen a series of political/economic scandals reappear or come to the boil, have been a form of very uniquely Greek torture.
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