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Greece in deep freeze Blizzards, wind and ice cause havoc throughout the country Greece came to a standstill yesterday as blizzards and strong winds swept across the country and temperatures stayed below freezing, closing airports, blocking roads and keeping ships in port.

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Two sides in deal on Cyprus talks

After intensive negotiations in New York, which included a session lasting more than 10 hours on Thursday, the two communities of Cyprus made an important breakthrough yesterday, agreeing on procedures for talks that could end the island's division before it joins the EU on May 1.

Police planted evidence on ‘rioter’

A British national imprisoned for five months on suspicion of participation in last June's riots in Thessaloniki was cleared of all charges yesterday and allowed to return to his home after a council of magistrates accepted that police had planted incriminating evidence on him.

Question mark over camera net

While raising no objection to the use of some 1,300 security cameras to be installed in Athens and another five cities for the Summer Olympics, Greece's privacy watchdog has expressed concerns regarding post-Games use of the electronic eyes, a report said yesterday.

Phone threat shuts consulate

The American consulate in Thessaloniki was closed to the public yesterday and security was stepped up after Greek police on Thursday received a phone threat warning of an imminent attack.

Brothel lends hand to ‘Alexander the Great’

A once-powerful Greek-Australian soccer club fallen on hard times has signed a sponsorship deal with a high-class Melbourne brothel in a drive to restore its sagging fortunes.

IN BRIEF

Salonica blasts target church, parliamentary candidate : A homemade gas-canister bomb, placed at the entrance to offices...

Court rejects draft presidential decree lifting restrictions on construction : The fifth division of the Council of State yesterday rejected a draft presidential decree...

Parties allocated kiosks in Athens : The Athens Municipal Council yesterday determined the location in the city center...

Migrant appeal : Amnesty International yesterday urged the Greek government not to deport 16 illegal immigrants...

Courts closed : All courts in Athens, Piraeus and eastern and western Attica, with the exception of some misdemeanor courts, were closed yesterday...

GMO-free zones : There will be no more cultivation and use of genetically modified organisms (GMO) in Karditsa...

Iraklion station : The Kifissia-bound platform of on the Piraeus-Kifissia urban electric railway will be closed today...

Acting minister : Professor Nikos Alivizatos was yesterday sworn in...

Composer dies : The traditional folk music composer Theodoros Polykandriotis died late on Thursday...

Kifissias Avenue : The road running parallel to the Kifissia-bound lane of will be closed between Thermopylon and Marathonos...


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EDITORIAL

Leadership cult Every party has the right to draw up their candidacy lists as they will and to welcome cadres from a different ideological background. This is not a new phenomenon. We have noted before that Stefanos Manos and Andreas Andrianopoulos both share a distinct political viewpoint. It is this particularity, the ideological and political chasm, which separates them from PASOK, and which shocked Socialist cadres and voters alike.

TODAY'S PHOTO

Preposterous expectations Asked for a sufficient or at least plausible explanation for George Papandreou's incongruous and provocative moves over the past few days, one of the masterminds behind PASOK's risky political antics offered a rather cynical response. Effectively, it was: We could do nothing else. What we had was a problematic, time-worn party widely perceived as corrupt and heading for electoral disaster. Any conventional response was doomed to fail. As a result, we were forced - though not without discomfort - to introduce radical changes after grave, and highly symbolic, political decisions.

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