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Three firemen killed, one hurt in Cretan blaze Victims trapped due to changing wind Three firefighters died and another was seriously injured yesterday on the island of Crete while fighting a forest fire when the blaze trapped them due to a sudden change in wind direction, according to authorities.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

ND to name new policy-making unit

The final lineup of the ruling New Democracy party's political council is set to be decided today as speculation grows...

Compensation for ferry delays

Merchant Marine Minister Manolis Kefaloyiannis yesterday heralded legislation foreseeing a charter of rights that would allow...

Decision is due on archbishop

Doctors at the Aretaio Hospital in Athens will meet with a US-based liver specialist today to decide on the treatment that Archbishop Christodoulos should undergo...

Railway heads to Lavrion

Residents of Keratea in eastern Attica are threatening to scupper plans unveiled yesterday to extend the Proastiakos suburban railway...

Arms haul prompts hunt for end users

Police were yesterday trying to establish the final destination of a cache of weapons smuggled into Greece from Albania...

IN BRIEF

Witnesses defend alleged bank robber, saying he has 'high morals' : Three self-styled anarchists told a court in Athens yesterday that the 43,000 euros found...

Four AKEL ministers step down from Cabinet as coalition dissolves : Four Cypriot ministers representing the communist AKEL party resigned from the government yesterday...

Municipalities to help with checks : Athens prosecutor Panayiotis Panayiotopoulos has called on beachside municipalities...

Child negligence : The head and two employees of a state-run nursery...

Thessaloniki landfill : A solution to Thessaloniki's refuse problem could be in sight...

Illegal stash : A 34-year-old Chinese national was arrested in Serres...

Water cleared : Authorities gave the drinking water in the area of Ayia...

Cannabis haul : Police confiscated 33 cannabis trees up to 2.5 meters tall in farmland...

Leros migrants : Six immigrants were arrested off the island of Leros yesterday...


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EDITORIAL

A senseless tragedy When a small brush-fire leads to tragedy, then something is rotten in our firefighting service. When young people die in a routine operation (such as the mission in Rethymnon's Doxaro region was described) then the entire firefighting system has to be reappraised. The death of the three firefighters who were on seasonal contracts raises harsh questions regarding how our forests are protected and the level of training of those who fight fires.

COMMENTARY

Secular religion Nicolas Sarkozy's performance in Brussels on Monday was somewhat theatrical. The French president showed up at the finance ministers' meeting with two surprises in store: First, he exempted France from the obligation to achieve a balanced budget by 2010 and, second, he proposed a political administration for the eurozone that will preside over the European Central Bank (ECB).

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