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Election talk dismissed Government denies it is thinking of early polls, despite ministers’ comments The conservative government attempted yesterday to quell speculation that it plans to hold early elections after comments by some ministers suggested that Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis may attempt to go to the polls before March next year.

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Kathimerini English Edition will not be available in Greece, Cyprus and Albania tomorrow because of a 24-hour strike organized by the Journalists’ Union (ESIEA). We will be back on Thursday.

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Karamanlis hopes to boost Greece's 'traditionally strong ties' with France : Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis sent a message to French President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday...

Grandfather of two boy suspects insists 11-year-old was abducted : The grandfather of two schoolboys implicated in the disappearance of 11-year-old Alex Meshivili in Veria last year told...

Police find robber behind Nikaia heist : A 36-year-old man has been arrested on the Ionian island of Corfu in connection...

Strong earthquake : An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale shook the Ionian island of Zakynthos...

Fatal heroism : A 46-year-old Cypriot man who chased an armed bank robber in Larnaca yesterday died...

Human trafficking : A Moroccan national was arrested off the eastern Aegean island of Samos yesterday...

Drug crackdown : Police arrested 28 suspects in Thessaloniki in April on drug-related charges as part of a crackdown...


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EDITORIAL

Speculation harms the government The conservative prime minister has repeatedly dismissed speculation about the possibility of a snap poll, stressing that elections will be held as scheduled. Costas Karamanlis wants to exhaust New Democracy's four-year term and, if there is a real need for early elections, he alone will decide. It is exclusively his privilege and responsibility. Or so the naive and gullible voters might believe. Because the premier's ministers appear to think differently.

COMMENTARY

When private goes public Despite the attempt to convey a bit of emotion, the reporter's voice on TV sounds calm and unbroken, as if he were merely announcing a hike in fruit prices: «And now we shall show you exactly how the heinous crime was committed.» He goes on in the same tone of voice to describe the crime in Nea Smyrni: «It was from this floor that he pushed his wife onto the street.»

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