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New proposal on Aegean Government rejects PASOK call to extend waters; poll shows public concern Almost one in two Greeks believe their country's relations with Turkey have deteriorated over the last year, according to a poll made public yesterday as the government rejected a proposal by PASOK leader George Papandreou that Greece should extend its territorial waters.

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Mother of missing boy calls for help

Authorities investigating the case of missing schoolboy Alex Meshivili started taking a new round of testimonies from suspects yesterday after investigations received...

Return of lost artifacts sought

Greece is intensifying its international campaign to reclaim artifacts illegally removed from the country, Culture Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis said yesterday...

Woman key in convict search

A massive manhunt which had been launched to find the two prisoners who escaped from Korydallos prison on Sunday did not yield any results yesterday...

MPs seek abduction answers

Opposition MPs said yesterday they would ask for a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations that Pakistanis were abducted by secret agents in Greece last year...

200,000 euros saved from burning vehicle

Two security guards driving an armored vehicle saved 200,000 euros in cash from literally going up in smoke in Thessaloniki yesterday...

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Minister does away with regional administration centers in shake-up : Health Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos said yesterday...

Police find 60 illegal migrants after truck overturns in northern Greece : Police in Pieria, northern Greece, said they had detained...

Officer recovering after stabbing : A policeman who was stabbed by a taxi driver in Crete on Tuesday was in critical...

Double flash : A conscript, aged 20, and a 45-year-old man were arrested yesterday...

Violent mugging : Three men were arrested yesterday after allegedly attacking a group of four people...

Energy bill : Environmentalist group Greenpeace said yesterday that a draft bill promoting...

Holiday measures : Police will implement extra traffic measures this long weekend due...

Ferry rights : The Greek Quality of Life Consumer Union (EKPOIZO) reminded ferry passengers yesterday...

Deadly crash : Two people were killed and another was seriously injured in a car accident...


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EDITORIAL

Inconsistent Papandreou George Papandreou's proposal, made out of the blue yesterday, that Greece extend its territorial waters before taking the issue of delineating the continental shelf to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, was the latest manifestation of the Socialist leader's wavering on significant issues. Papandreou appears to back one view only to abandon it for its opposite in the face of partisan pressure.

COMMENTARY

Bitter truths George Papandreou's proposal yesterday that Greece should extend its territorial waters before the issue of the continental shelf is tackled shed the popular misconception that Greece can go to The Hague for that dispute only without a prior agreement on the country's sovereign rights. Taking the continental shelf dispute to The Hague on the basis of a joint agreement between the Greek and Turkish governments was only possible until 1982 - before the UN's new Law of the Sea came into force.

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