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Election called for September 16 Government confirms PM will ask president to dissolve Parliament today to start short campaign Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis is due to meet with President Karolos Papoulias at 1 p.m. today to ask him to dissolve Parliament so Greece can hold a general election on Sunday, September 16.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

Mount Pendeli fire destroys tens of homes, vehicles

A wildfire that broke out on Mount Pendeli at around 10.30 a.m. yesterday burned more than 20 homes...

Cyprus nod stirs optimism

Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos and Turkish-Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat have agreed to meet with the aim of relaunching stalled peace talks...

ATM theft technique advances

A spate of thefts from ATMs in Crete continued on Wednesday with the latest involving more advanced techniques....

Vengeful cleric faces charges

A cleric who is alleged to have firebombed the car of a neighbor he suspected of having an affair with his wife is to face a Thessaloniki court...

Woman released after scissors jab at officer

A 47-year-old woman was given a suspended six-month jail sentence for stabbing a police officer with a pair of scissors when he stopped her on suspicion...

IN BRIEF

Authorities detain 149 on Aegean islands of Lesvos and Symi :Authorities have detained 149 illegal immigrants on the islands of Symi and Lesvos...

Mayor cautiously upbeat about authorities' pledges to build pipeline : The mayor of Oinofyta, a town north of Attica, yesterday expressed cautious optimism...

Albanian shot in leg outside club : A 33-year-old man in Thessaloniki was shot in the leg outside a nightspot in the city's port area...

Archbishop wishes : Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis visited Archbishop Christodoulos...

Koumantos dies : A former law professor and regular contributor to Kathimerini, Georgios Koumantos, died yesterday...

Bulgarian beggars : A Bulgarian man will stand trial in Thessaloniki on suspicion...

Child abuse : A 55-year-old man was charged in Serres, northern Greece, yesterday...

Fatal accidents : Four people were killed in three separate car accidents near Ioannina...

Lemons seized : Piraeus Prefecture officials yesterday seized 74 tons of imported lemons...


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EDITORIAL

A calm approach, specific proposals The political landscape is finally clear following the announcement of the intentions of Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis. Greece has at last officially begun the countdown to general elections. It would be for the best if politicians, of all affiliations, now keep the basic expectations of Greek voters in mind. First of all, most Greek citizens expect a calm and measured contest, not the artificial polarization and acrimony of the past. They also expect to hear the proposing of clear solutions...

COMMENTARY

The usefulness of the spineless Johann Gottfried von Herder, a German philosopher of the 18th century, wondered whether «useful men» were far more valuable than geniuses. «They require gifts and skills... a certain mediocrity which neither rises to the level of genius or intellectual creativity, nor sinks into stupidity.»

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