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Polluted water sources Industrial, urban waste is poisoning our environment, expert report warns The tendency of Greek manufacturers to discharge largely unprocessed toxic waste into the environment is wreaking irreversible damage upon our rivers, lakes and seas and shows no signs of abating despite European Union pressure, according to a report made public yesterday.

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Teachers to strike after start of term

The school year began for 1.5 million students across the country yesterday...

PM stands firm on Turkey

Greece will not accept any deviation from Turkey in the commitments it has made...

Two killed by mines in Evros

Two people were instantly killed and another was injured when they strayed into a minefield...

Blackmail ‘official’ arrested

A man claiming to represent the Competition Commission tried to earn a 2.5-million-euro fee...

Firefighters struggle to contain a huge blaze...

Firefighters struggle to contain a huge blaze that engulfed a factory...

Schoolbags weighing on young shoulders

With school bells sounding yesterday for the first time this academic year, medical authorities...

IN BRIEF

First OA plane lands in Lebanon after conflict; more than 130 on board : The first Olympic Airlines from Athens to Lebanon...

Albanian premier to arrive in Athens today for economic cooperation talks : Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha will make a two-day visit...

Two die during blaze in Evia home : A 30-year-old woman and her 2-year-old daughter were found dead...

Tax dodgers : Finance Minister Giorgos Alogoskoufis said yesterday...

Bomb scare : There was a traffic jam on Mesogeion Avenue in Aghia Paraskevi...

Bank heist : A man who pretended to have a gun in his bag held up...

Bulldozer suspects : Eight people, aged 22-28, who were arrested after allegedly...

Athens medal : Athens Mayor Theodoros Behrakis yesterday awarded...

Lucky find : Three sports bags containing a total of 92.5 kilos of cannabis...


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EDITORIAL

Killing the snake of corruption «If you see a snake, kill it - don't appoint a committee on snakes,» Ross Perot once quipped. His advice to Greece's conservative government, which yesterday announced the establishment of a national committee to clamp down on corruption, would most probably be to ditch it. It's the same old remedy: When a government does not want to tackle a problem, it appoints a special committee to deal with it.

COMMENTARY

Five years on Five years after 9/11, most people were right about the future: The world is not the same anymore. In fact, it has turned worse. It is more insecure and fearful, even in states that style themselves as model democracies. It is a world with fewer freedoms and fewer rights. Under the ruse of the endless war on terror, private data are no longer considered...

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