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PM plays down result PASOK accuses conservatives of inconsistent FYROM policy As Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis told Parliament yesterday that Greece still had a lot of work to do after the NATO summit in Bucharest, Romania, opposition parties said the conservatives merely did their job and accused the government of inconsistently implementing its foreign policy.

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Blame laid on Iakovou’s shoulders

The Greek Weightlifting Federation (EOAB) yesterday blamed suspended national coach Christos Iakovou...

Patras migrants’ health suffers

Hundreds of Afghan migrants, camping near the port of Patras in the hope of sneaking onto ferries to Italy...

Locals oppose lignite plants

Residents of municipalities in central and northern Greece which have been slated for the construction of coal-fired electricity plants...

Minister irked by allegations

Public Works Minister Giorgos Souflias yesterday accused his opponents of «playing games» after 11 PASOK MPs submitted a question...

Expert warns of risks linked to 3G phones

Third-generation (3G) cell phones are more exposed to viruses than their less technologically advanced predecessors...

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Unrest at Corfu prison ends after authorities move to ease crowding : A protest by some 60 inmates at a prison on Corfu...

Robbers use assault rifle for holdup, injure 2 bystanders and an employee : Two bank robbers in Hania, Crete, fired more than a dozen shots...

Hotelier remanded in custody : A 36-year-old hotelier from Karpathos, alleged to have advertised free holidays...

Road rage : Police in Thessaloniki were yesterday seeking a motorist...

Timely trams : The firm operating the Athens tram is to launch a pilot program...

Sustainable communities : Industrial regeneration projects abroad that could provide lessons...

Water needs : Cyprus will import water from Greece to help cover the country's needs...

Tourists sentenced : Two young British tourists found guilty of complicity to manslaughter...

Wrong turn : Two men were arrested early yesterday after attacking a policeman...


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Series of blasts... A charred vehicle is seen outside a car showroom on Syngrou Avenue in Athens...

EDITORIAL

Double standards or sheer hypocrisy? Politics is rife with double standards, but sometimes it goes too far. The case of the former employment minister's zoning infringement and that of the current public works minister is one outrageous example. The former lost his government post, while the latter insists on trying to justify the unjustifiable. One can only wonder to what degree the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works Ministry believes its chief is entitled to impunity or deserves special media treatment.

COMMENTARY

Wars over bread The wars of the 21st century may be fought over water, but even before these wars break out we are witnessing violent social unrest in developing countries over bread. In Haiti and Egypt, at opposite ends of the world, people are bleeding and dying over bread shortages and increasingly expensive wheat and rice. A few months ago, Europeans were up in arms for the same reason. The French were protesting the price of the baguette and the Italians that of pasta.

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