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Anti-terror officer shot dead Witness protection guard killed while on duty; weapon linked to Sect of Revolutionaries militant group An anti-terrorism police officer who had been guarding a witness in a terrorism trial was shot dead yesterday in an early morning raid by gunmen outside the witness's home in the Athens district of Ano Patissia.

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Alavanos offers to quit leftist SYRIZA

The leader of the Coalition of the Radical Left's (SYRIZA) parliamentary group Alekos Alavanos yesterday tendered his resignation...

Scant funds leave forests at risk

As the fire service reported yesterday evening that more than 140 fires had broken out across the country...

US steps into SAIC dispute

The US Embassy in Athens has made a complaint to the Greek government about its decision to allow the dispute...

Ex-police chief blamed for fiasco at Zoniana

The father of a policeman who was left paralyzed after a botched raid on a notorious Cretan village in November 2007...

IN BRIEF

Seven more test positive, taking total number in Greece to 30 : Another seven people were diagnosed with swine flu in Greece...

Woman injured in Neo Iraklion : A 52-year-old economist was in the hospital with minor leg injuries...

OECD meeting : Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis and US Ambassador Daniel Speckhard yesterday met to discuss...

Cyprus extradition : Two young British tourists found guilty of complicity in manslaughter...

Pensioner killed : An elderly woman was found dead yesterday...

Viagra route : Two men have been arrested at Greece's Evros border with Turkey...

Syria visit : Greek President Karolos Papoulias will pay an official visit to Syria...


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A sneak peek at the New Acropolis Museum A select group of journalists and press photographers were allowed...

EDITORIAL

Murder highlights breakdown The heinous murder yesterday of a police officer has illustrated once more that there are some very serious issues that just can't be resolved by simply going through the motions. When terrorists are able to gather information on and get close enough to a member of one of the police force's most elite squads, a policeman guarding what is possibly the only witness under the protection of the state in Greece, it is obvious that public order in the country has collapsed.

EDITORIAL:AthensPlus

Sinking in the status quo Nothing highlights the shortsightedness of those who govern Greece more than the disaster of our pension system. It reads like the script of a horror movie: Workers and employers pay exorbitant health and pension dues, which, along with huge state subsidies, are so badly mismanaged that Greeks have pathetic state health and education systems; this forces them to pay out of their pockets for medical treatment and tuition.

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