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One dead, seven hurt as gales whip the country Winds cause power cuts, fell trees and sink boats Strong gales lashed much of the country yesterday, leaving one person dead and seven injured, with wind speeds of up to 120 kilometers per hour disrupting sea and air transport, uprooting trees, damaging boats and cutting power lines.

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Migrants help drive national insurance

Immigrants in Greece who are registered for social security contribute considerably to the system without drawing heavily on its resources, according to research presented yesterday.

Judge trials magistrate named

The magistrate who will hear the cases of judges facing criminal charges in the wake of recent trial-fixing allegations was chosen yesterday, as a Supreme Court investigation widened further.

Lifer cleared of deadly car theft

A man who was found guilty of murder while stealing his ostensible victim's car four years ago had his double life sentence overturned yesterday by a narrow majority in an Athens appeal court.

Media pay for prying in bus crisis

Greece's broadcasting watchdog fined six private television and radio stations a total of 125,000 euros yesterday for interfering with the police's handling of a hostage crisis two months ago.

Until 2050, geologists see no tsunami threat

Greeks need not lose any sleep over having to face the destructive might of a tsunami, at least not in the next 50 years, according to research made public yesterday.

IN BRIEF

Treaty to be discussed by cross-party committee before ratification, FM says : The European Constitution is to be discussed...

State owes EYDAP 200 mln euros : The state owes 200 million euros to the Athens Water and Sewage Company...

Transmitter protest : Attica residents are to stage a rally outside the Transport and Communications Ministry...

Ocalan rally : Turkish police stand in front of the Greek Consulate during a protest march...

Tomb discovered : A tomb dating to the fourth century BC has been unearthed...

Literature prizes : Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis yesterday awarded the main prize of the 2004 state literature awards...

Cyprus talks? : A meeting between President Tassos Papadopoulos and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan...

TIM sale? : Telecom Italia Mobile, the Italian mobile telecommunications company, is reportedly at an advanced stage of negotiations...

Infanticide : A 19-year-old woman who allegedly killed her newborn son was yesterday under observation...

Road murder : A motorist pulled into a gas station off the Ioannina-Kozani road...


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Two young women with cognitive disabilities...
EDITORIAL

Hefty price tag It is common knowledge that the idea of a «free education» has for many years been just a figure of speech. Most parents know this from bitter experience. A recent study conducted by the Center for the Development of Education Policy, under the auspices of the General Confederation of Greek Labor (GSEE), provides numerical evidence that justifies the general mood.

COMMENTARY

What goes around... The power swaps between the ruling party and the opposition over the past 25 years have gone hand in hand with changes in their political slogans that conform to stereotypes. Hence, it came as no surprise when New Democracy's income policy, announced on Monday, met with exactly the same reaction from the opposition as PASOK's did from the conservatives just a year ago. In 2004, ND slammed the PASOK government for announcing a mere pittance for the public sector workers. The Socialists then used the same rhetoric...

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