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PM lays down the law Karamanlis tells Cabinet to work hard and show no arrogance

Costas Karamanlis yesterday laid out the law for his conservative government, appearing committed to emulating his late uncle and namesake, the conservative patriarch who founded the New Democracy party in 1974 and who had kept his ministers on a tight lead.
FRONT PAGE NEWS
Greece says Cyprus talks are binding
Just hours after his Cabinet was sworn in, Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis met with Foreign Minister Petros Molyviatis and Deputy Minister Yiannis Valinakis to discuss the Cyprus issue.
Marathon road winner selected
As new Premier Costas Karamanlis vowed yesterday to spare no effort in expediting preparations for the August Olympics, Public Works Ministry officials selected a new company to finish a crucial, long-delayed highway in eastern Attica...
Court blow to museum project
Dealing a final blow to Greece's faint hopes of having the ghost of a new Acropolis museum ready in time for the August Olympics, the Council of State yesterday published a decision halting the much-delayed project.
New delay in ELA terror trial
After a nine-day delay caused by the elections, the trial of five suspected Revolutionary Popular Struggle (ELA) suspects resumed yesterday only to be postponed for a further two days as court officials had forgotten to provide lawyers with crucial legal documents.
A shoddy practitioner of a forbidden art
A taxidermist specializing in wild animals was arrested yesterday in the Cretan town of Hania by police who seized hundreds of dead birds and beasts, including many endangered species, during a raid on his illicit workshop.
IN BRIEF
Renowned writer, teacher and critic dies, aged 80 : Renos Apostolidis, one of the best-known writers, teachers, anthologists, critics and journalists of post-World War II Greece died suddenly yesterday...
EC approves Dimas to replace Anna Diamantopoulou : The European Commission has approved the replacement of EU Employment and Social Affairs Commissioner Anna Diamantopoulou...
26.8 percent increase : Greece's trade deficit grew by 26.8 percent between January and November 2003 compared to the corresponding period of 2002...
Railway death : An elderly man was killed early yesterday morning when a train hit him as he was crossing a railway line...
Airport thieves : Two employees of Goldair Handling, which carries out ground services at Athens International Airport, have confessed to stealing three DVD players...
Filling up, slowly : Two robbers carrying shotguns held up employees at a gas station at the 31st kilometer of the Athens-Lamia highway...
Smash and burn : Athens's Homicide and Robbery Squad said yesterday that it had arrested a 36-year-old man on suspicion of his carrying out a series of five burglaries...
Pedestrian killed : An 84-year-old pedestrian was run over and killed by a heavy vehicle involved in roadworks...


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EDITORIAL
On justice
"We want to make the long-suffering Greek system of justice truly independent and unbiased... We want to safeguard our judicial culture, protect it and reinforce it, ensuring equality before the law and entrenching the rule of law.»
COMMENTARY
Overhauling PASOK
Calm and with an ever-present smile, PASOK leader George Papandreou is about to get on with renewing his party, as he promised. Having lost the elections, some of his aides claim, Papandreou is prepared to brave the severe storm that is likely to break out in the Socialist camp. Papandreou's understanding of «renewal,» of big changes and of radical breaks with the past, will soon become clear. Furthermore, Papandreou will have to find a way to deal with Socialist cadres who blame the landslide defeat of the «big democratic faction» on the new chairman. Papandreou will naturally try to control the new party with a leadership, structure and apparatus of his choice. He has every right to alter PASOK's political identity since he does not like what he inherited from his predecessor...
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