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New trains pose risk Asbestos-lined carriages used on Balkan routes; OSE ignores danger

Passengers may need to think twice about using the much-heralded new train link joining Thessaloniki with Istanbul, as some of the carriages used on the line contain asbestos and were withdrawn from France after being deemed responsible for several deaths, sources told Sunday's Kathimerini.
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More terrorist measures are inevitable
The public order minister admitted, in comments published yesterday, that despite its reservations, Greece would likely adopt the anti-terrorist measures agreed upon at an emergency EU meeting last week.
Anarchists being probed over armed bank heists
Police are investigating whether three suspects being held in connection with anarchist attacks against officers may also be part of a notorious gang of armed bank robbers...
Early elections are possible, admits ND
The secretary of the ruling conservative New Democracy party told Sunday's Kathimerini that if unions continued to react so strongly to the government's efforts to introduce...
The Greek women’s synchronized...
The Greek women's synchronized swimming team practices its routine in Montreal on Saturday...
Bill allows for choice of gas firm
A draft law on the deregulation of the country's natural gas market, which would allow consumers to choose their provider...
IN BRIEF
Karamanlis sends condolences to Erdogan after fatal explosion : Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis sent a letter of condolence...
Police break ring of smugglers, release two Asian hostages : Police in Attica appear to have broken up...
Abused girl, 16, breaks free : A 45-year-old man was arrested on Saturday...
Faulty ferry : No injury was suffered by any of the 250 passengers aboard a passenger ferry...
Gay marriages : Bishop Anthimos of Thessaloniki yesterday criticized ...
Windsurfer death : A 50-year-old windsurfer died of his injuries on Saturday...
THIS WEEK
Monday : European Commission team of advisers arrives in Athens to consult...
Tuesday : Communist-led PAME labor movement holds protest march...
Wednesday : Greek Orthodox clergy due to meet in Jerusalem to draw up...
Sunday : The Greek police, fire services and coast guard are due to stage a protest...

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Premier Costas Karamanlis views...
EDITORIAL
Agricultural policy
 In an article published in yesterday's Kathimerini, European Commissioner for Agriculture Mariann Fischer Boel defends the Commission's agricultural policy, known as the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and refutes British criticism of the guidelines as irrational and detrimental. With a long political career in Denmark, Boel carries with her the social development and sensitivity of her country. Indeed, in her article she not only re-establishes the truth about the CAP...
COMMENTARY
A well-oiled system
 A truly impressive company called Themis Construction succeeded in making a small proportion of our fellow countrymen extremely rich between 1996 and 2004, it was revealed last week. Basking in the warm tolerance of singularly «Socialist» political circles, these deft and dynamic individuals managed to set up a network of entangled interests....
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