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Erdogan toes official line on Cyprus Simitis pushes for island’s accession Turkey's Foreign Ministry moved quickly yesterday to bring into line the leader of the party which won national elections on Sunday after he made a remark that seemed to signal a break in the Cyprus impasse that has bedevilled Greek and Turkish relations for decades.

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Spotters acquitted of spying charges

KALAMATA (AP) - An appeals court yesterday overturned espionage-related convictions for British and Dutch planespotters whose case pitted military security rules...

Olympics legal obstacle course

The Coordination Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) yesterday began its regular three-day inspection of progress in preparing the 2004 Athens Olympics.

4 Greeks sought for mafia links

The Italian authorities are seeking the arrest and extradition of four Greeks believed to have been among the top cigarette-smuggling henchmen of an Italian mafia don.

Kavala robber traced to Edirne

Greece has requested the extradition from Turkey of a Kavala businessman suspected of masterminding four mafia-style killings in northern Greece over the past 16 months...

4th Xeros brother set free pending N17 trial

Avgoustinos Xeros will not be joining his brothers in Korydallos Prison. The 19th suspect to be charged with participation in the November 17 terrorist group walked free after giving testimony yesterday...

IN BRIEF

Victim and killers were wrangling over protection rights, police say : A Thessaloniki man fatally shot outside a nightclub in the city cente...

Tensions high in court as Kazakos seeks reduction of two life sentences : A man who went on a racially motivated shooting rampage three years ago...

Greek buys Adair letter to Elgin : An 1811 draft letter from the British ambassador to Constantinople...

Judges needed : More administrative court judges are needed to cope...

Death at the border : An Iranian immigrant died of exposure in the arms of her husband...

Train accident : A 41-year-old Greek woman is among the 12 people...

Air force memorial : Deputy Defense Minister Lazaros Lotidis yesterday declared...

Zakynthos quake : An undersea quake, measuring 5 on the Richter scale...

Fuel prices : A third of the country’s gas stations sell petrol at unjustifiably high prices...

Tuberculosis : The entire crew of the military frigate Kountouriotis...


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EDITORIAL

Turkish tug of war The expected tug of war between winning party leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Turkey's politico-military establishment kicked off yesterday. Mobilizing the media, the bureaucratic mechanism and state officials under its control, the Turkish establishment launched an attack on the Islamist leader for his remarks on the Cyprus issue a day after his election.

COMMENTARY

A viable plan for Cyprus The political elites in Nicosia and Athens are aware that United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan's proposal for settling the Cyprus dispute is expected to disappoint the Greek Cypriots and, perhaps, cause a rift between the two capitals. Cypriot Attorney-General Alecos Markides has sketched out the situation which Cypriot President Glafcos Clerides and Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis will confront.

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