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‘Great summer’ is basis for future of Greek development PM focuses on regions before main address today Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis announced significant policies to aid regional development during his speech at the opening of the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) yesterday and is due to reveal more of the government's plans during his keynote economic address today.

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EU urged to act on lake deaths

A Greek Euro MP yesterday urged the European Commission to launch an urgent investigation into the ecological catastrophe at Lake Koroneia...

President to visit Albania

An official visit to Albania on October 18 by President Costis Stephanopoulos will take place in the wake of violent clashes between Greeks and Albanians following a soccer match between the two national teams.

Spectators in Parliament...

Spectators in Parliament's visitors gallery are silhouetted during yesterday evening's opening session...

Greece asks for BALCO papers

Prosecutors investigating why Greece's top two sprinters missed a test for performance-enhancing drugs just before the Olympics have solicited the help of their US counterparts handling the worst doping scandal to hit American sports, sources said yesterday.

Cabbies offered a big carrot to renew fleet

Taxi drivers are to get the tip of a lifetime after the Transport Ministry said yesterday it will invest over 4 million euros to renew part of the fleet of cabs operating in Greece.

IN BRIEF

Aerial jousting in the Aegean for the fourth time in a week : Five formations of Turkish fighter jets yesterday entered the Athens Flight Information Region...

Fifteen sailors air-lifted to safety after ship tilts dangerously in high winds : Two Super Puma helicopters yesterday rescued the 15-strong crew of a North Korean-flagged ship...

Ancient hoard recovered, 2 arrested : Two people have been arrested on the Dodecanese island of Kalymnos...

Robbery arrests : Two brothers, aged 35 and 38, allegedly used two family vehicles to flee after robbing a bank in Paeania...

Kifissia killing : Police were yesterday investigating the fatal stabbing of a 30-year-old man...

Suburban railway : Trains will be running every 15 minutes on the suburban railway...

Diving record : The 25-year-old Greek diver Thanae Varveri yesterday broke her own world record...

US vote : American citizens who will be out of the USA for November 2 elections should apply for their absentee ballots...

Sailor killed : A member of the crew of a passenger ferry was killed on Thursday night...


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EDITORIAL

Three years on Three years after the terrorist blitz in New York and at the Pentagon, the whole world finds itself mired in insecurity. The nightmare of terrorism continues to reappear with terrifying frequency. The globe has not experienced an attack of the same magnitude, but terrorism's death toll since then has been devastating. Islamic terrorism is no longer a regional problem.

COMMENTARY

A legacy to exploit The prime minister's speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair today launches a period of crucial developments in the economy. It will be a time of challenges and opportunities - not always immediately discernible. The economy, now deprived of the tonic of infrastructure projects...

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