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Bird flu battle hots up

Fourth bird has H5N1; initial tests on two people are negative

The government yesterday confirmed that a dead goose found on Skyros had tested positive for the fatal strain of the bird flu virus - bringing to four the number of birds found to be infected with H5N1 in Greece - while initial tests on two young men with bird flu-like symptoms proved negative.

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Karamanlis clampdown on telecoms

In an attempt to stem criticism about his government's inactivity since the phone taps were discovered, Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis yesterday outlined...

Protests put end to sludge deal

The government appears to have dropped a deal to transport partially treated waste to central Greece for further treatment...

Holdup scores big in The Mall

Two armed men made away with more than 50,000 euros in cash early yesterday after holding up a restaurant...

Genetics to save olives from flies

Greek scientists believe they have discovered a method using genetic engineering...

Marriage on the rocks but romance sails on

Attitudes to marriage appear to be changing in Greece, according to the results of a poll...

IN BRIEF

Greek technology giant to sell majority holding to Russian firm : Holdings group Intracom agreed to sell a 51 percent stake...

Valentine's Day loses its charm as Greeks bemoan commercialization : Almost nine in 10 Greeks believe that Valentine's Day has become...

Dutch man's body found on Lesvos : A 36-year-old Dutch man was found dead in his room...

Innovation request : Academics and business leaders from Thessaloniki joined forces...

Expensive living : The cost of living for a four-member family in Greece at the end of January reached 2,515 euros...

Cameras torched : A group of some 15 hooded men yesterday set fire...

Cretan resistance : Police in Hania yesterday tried to arrest a farmer...

Property return : A Turkish-Cypriot man yesterday won a legal fight...


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Minor scuffles broke out...
EDITORIAL

Exposing the ills is not enough The government's determination to bring the phone-tapping affair to light came right from the prime minister's lips. «The era of cover-ups has passed, never to return... The state will be ruthless. The will of the government is not in doubt. It is strong and unyielding,» Costas Karamanlis stressed. To be sure, the New Democracy administration can...

COMMENTARY

Barbarism and simulation Eight against four, with the sadistic voice of the ninth, the cameraman, even harsher than the beatings by baton. Eight well-trained, armed troops against four unarmed civilians. Eight people convinced that they're right against four youths convinced that they will always be wronged. Footage of the British soldiers abusing four Iraqi youths in Basra caused...

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