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Bomb blast rocks Athens Three hurt in Syntagma Square explosion; Revolutionary Struggle suspected Three people were injured early yesterday when a bomb exploded in central Athens, causing serious damage to the Economy and Finance Ministry and shattering windows in the city center in what police believe is the resurfacing of a local terrorist group.

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Build-up to OEK probe begins

Labor Minister Panos Panayiotopoulos yesterday presented to the Supreme Court newspaper reports alleging that the former head of the Workers' Housing Organization (OEK) had demanded bribes to pay a contractor and asked that prosecutors investigate the claims.

Call to combat pirated goods

Greece's fight against a growing piracy industry must be waged on many fronts and involve the judicial system and customs offices if the government is to stamp out...

N17 ‘did not have a leader’

One of the convicted members of the November 17 terrorist organization yesterday told a court hearing the group's appeals that nobody could claim...

Capital set to come to a standstill

Athens is set to grind to a halt tomorrow and Thursday as two 24-hour strikes paralyze public transport, hospitals, banks, schools and the civil service.

Christodoulos rapped for hellish Israel quote

A speech by the outspoken head of the Church of Greece, Archbishop Christodoulos, during which he used...

IN BRIEF

MP answers to corruption charges, reiterates pledge to clear his name : The independent MP Petros Mandouvalos yesterday testified before...

PASOK leader calls on Karamanlis to stop 'playing games' on election issue : PASOK leader George Papandreou criticized Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis yesterday...

Deadline for re-entry is January 31 : Immigrants living in Greece who are planning to visit their homelands...

Cleric jailed : A court on the island of Kos yesterday handed a 17-year sentence...

Monastery threatened : An historic monastery in the region of Litohoro, in the prefecture of Pieria, was yesterday...

Police protest : Police officers, coast guard and fire service staff are to stage...

Eggs safe : The Hellenic Food Authority (EFET) said yesterday that no products made...

Illegal antennas : Parents and students gathered yesterday in Kalamaria...

Butcher hours : Butchers in Athens will be open for business for the Christmas period...

On the run : Police were yesterday searching for an unnamed 30-year-old Palestinian...


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EDITORIAL

ND punishes wrongdoers The dismissal on Saturday of the government-appointed head of the Workers' Housing Organization (OEK), Angelos Economopoulos, has caused a great deal of frustration inside the conservative administration. This latest blow signaled the failure of yet another state organization to smoothly function within the context set by the prime minister. If the circulating rumors and press reports prove to be accurate, Economopoulos's removal will confirm that cancer cells still exist inside the state apparatus.

COMMENTARY

A powerful silence If a picture is indeed worth a thousand words, then a gaze can probably also say more than a thousand words. After Angelos Economopoulos, the head of the Workers' Housing Organization (OEK), became the 36th government appointee to quit, the general secretary of the ruling party was asked...

OPINION

An ineffectually moderate stance The stance of opposition PASOK regarding the government's proposed changes to public utilities (DEKO) is particularly interesting in view of its moderate nature - especially as it relates to possible changes to the employment market (including a farewell to jobs for life).

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