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Trash cleanup under way Rubbish collectors return to work as two-month talks on benefits start

Garbage collectors began gathering the 40,000 tons of rotting trash littering the capital city's sidewalks on Saturday after calling off a 10-day strike and edging into talks with the government to solve the 17-year-old issue at the root of the protest.
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Artifacts police digging deeper
Locals on the island of Schinousa - where a massive collection of illegal antiquities at a villa has been uncovered - revealed over the weekend that work on the site has been going on...
Armed robberies shoot up
The number of armed bank robberies in Attica so far this year has risen more than 80 percent, according to official data seen by Sunday's Kathimerini, as authorities look...
Rescue teams find dead pilot
Search parties on Saturday found the body of a pilot whose fighter jet crashed in central Greece, more than 24 hours after the aircraft had gone missing...
Notebook gives away kidnapper
A man from Thessaloniki has been arrested and charged with attempted abduction after he left a notebook detailing plans to demand...
Zeus worshippers want to head for Acropolis
Worshippers of the 12 gods of Mount Olympus are planning to ask the government to allow them to practice...
IN BRIEF
Firefighters put out blaze which caused 3 million euros of damage : Firefighters in Thessaloniki extinguished a large fire at Arista supermarket...
Injuries feared in Sunday night crash : An intercity train heading toward Alexandroupolis was derailed late last night...
Zakynthos quake : An earthquake measuring 5.4 Richter shook Zakynthos early yesterday but did not cause...
Balkan cooperation : Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis yesterday urged closer cooperation among member states...
Bar raid : Officers from Attica's anti-drug squad yesterday arrested a bar owner and four customers...
THIS WEEK
Monday : Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis to meet with PASOK leader...
Tuesday : Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis to meet with Synaspismos Left Coalition President...
Wednesday : Communist Party General-Secretary Aleka Papariga visits China...
Sunday : Easter Sunday. Public holiday...

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EDITORIAL
Lost opportunities
 We may deplore aspects of globalization but we cannot deny that it has been beneficial for most countries. The liberalization of transferring goods and assets may have made the rich even richer but it has also curbed poverty. The Greek economy has unquestionably benefited from globalization, a fact borne out by statistics. Cheaper goods and the opportunities created by globalization generated wealth for our country and its citizens.
COMMENTARY
Interventive isolationism
 It gets clearer each day that there is a tragic lack of leadership in the world, as those in power seem unable to deal with the era's problems and incapable of coming up with new solutions. And this sense of unease has been boosted by the way in which the global system of government has been rocked. US unilateralism, the unpredictable consequences of China's development rush...
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