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PM urges clerics and judiciary to clean up act Archbishop denies links to wanted man The government will support the purge of corrupt officials in the Church and the judiciary without intervening directly and causing divisions between Church and State, the prime minister said yesterday as a seventh judge is set to face disciplinary measures and the head of the Church of Greece denied links to a known drug dealer.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

Parties unite to elect Papoulias president

Parliament yesterday elected Karolos Papoulias, a former Socialist minister, as the next President...

Grave problems afflict Athens

Athenians used to queuing for hours before state bureaucrats, being stuck in traffic jams or waiting for that trolley bus that never comes, now face a more embarrassing inconvenience, albeit one they will never experience in person.

Science to test Argonaut myth

Gold jewelry found last year in an unplundered Mycenaean royal tomb on the outskirts of Volos will be tested for links with one of the most enduring ancient Greek myths, the Argonauts' expedition, an archaeologist said yesterday.

Swedes to return bit of history

STOCKHOLM (AP) - A marble fragment removed over 100 years ago from an ancient temple in Athens will be donated to the new Acropolis museum under the citadel, a spokeswoman for a Swedish museum said yesterday.

‘Lack of cooperation’ in Cyprus murder case

NICOSIA (AFP) - Turkish-Cypriot judicial officials said yesterday they would release eight suspects held over the murder of a fugitive banker and his wife and daughter as there was insufficient evidence to charge them.

IN BRIEF

EC gives Greece an extra year to drop below EU ceiling of 3 percent of GDP : The European Commission is to give Greece an extra year...

Service disruptions likely tomorrow : Employees of the Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE) yesterday said that they would join a 24-hour strike...

Kosovo talks : Serbian President Boris Tadic and Foreign Minister Petros Molyviatis discussed the outlook for Kosovo...

Turkish violations : Twenty-two Turkish fighter jets yesterday violated Greek national air space...

Beslan teacher : Two children of ethnic Greek Yiannis Kanidis, the 74-year-old teacher who died with 340 others...

Bus suspended : The 110 bus service, which connects Kolokotroni Square in central Athens to the coastal suburb of Palaio Faliron...

Murderer traced? : A 65-year-old man has been charged with the murder of 39-year-old farmer Christos Kaplakis...

Softball contest : Deputy Culture Minister Giorgos Orfanos, who is responsible for sports...

Market crackdown : The Development Ministry is working with the Organization of Street Markets...

Rape charge : A 65-year-old man is to face an Iraklion prosecutor today...


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EDITORIAL

Amid scandals, an institution matures The presidential election yesterday of Karolos Papoulias by a comfortable margin - and on the first ballot - came as a high point at an otherwise difficult time. While other prominent institutions like the judiciary and the Church are being shaken by burgeoning scandal allegations, the political system has behaved in a remarkably mature fashion. The consensual election yesterday of Papoulias, a longtime member of PASOK and former foreign minister, lends extra clout to the presidential office.

COMMENTARY

Overwhelming consensus The record279 votes cast for Karolos Papoulias was the most extraordinary feature about yesterday's presidential election. To be sure, the prudent and modest Papoulias would be wary of attributing the high approval rate to the political leverage and popularity he gained as a PASOK cadre. Nor would he ever contrast the landslide approval of his candidacy to the tissue-thin majorities of Constantine Karamanlis in 1980 and 1990. Papoulias's election was not just the result of consensus...

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