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On Acropolis, protesters continue fight Giant banners send message to Europe Protests triggered by the police killing of a 15-year-old boy nearly two weeks ago took a less violent and more imaginative turn yesterday, as demonstrators hung two giant pink banners off the Acropolis citadel, appealing for mass demonstrations across Europe.

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Karamanlis days away from reshuffle

Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis is likely to announce a wide-ranging Cabinet reshuffle, possibly before the end of the month...

Tram to roll on toward Piraeus

Commuters will be able to ride the tram all the way to Piraeus by 2011, Transport Minister Costis Hatzidakis announced yesterday...

Stiff terms for record robbers

A Thessaloniki court passed down heavy sentences yesterday on a police officer and three accomplices...

Iraqi beaten to death in immigrant clash

A violent clash early yesterday between two groups of Iraqi immigrants in a basement apartment in Aghioi Anargyroi...

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Flight disruptions till 3 p.m. and all-day hospital walkout : A three-hour work stoppage by air-traffic controllers today...

Fares increase by a euro : Taxi fares increased by 1 euro yesterday...

Salonica blast : A homemade explosive device, planted outside a branch of Eurobank...

Toxic pigs : A total of 155 live pigs imported to Greece from Ireland were quarantined yesterday...

Robbers caught : Police yesterday were seeking the perpetrators of a robbery...

Health scare : Athens Prefect Yiannis Sgouros yesterday ordered...

Store raid : A group of self-styled anarchists stormed a supermarket in the Thessaloniki...


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EDITORIAL

Quit, and this time do it for real Speaking to New Democracy's parliamentary group on Tuesday, Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis admitted mistakes in the handling of the Vatopedi scandal that saw valuable state land traded for less valuable land held by the Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos. The question, of course, now is why the conservative officials who have been found to be implicated in the controversial land swap have refrained from stepping down.

COMMENTARY

Behind the clapping What a revealing moment: When the prime minister accepted some of the political responsibility for the Vatopedi land-swap scandal, conservative deputies burst into frantic applause that prevented him from speaking. His obvious embarrassment was a sign that he also felt the other side of the applause. The exact same thing happened when Costas Karamanlis mumbled some ambiguous self-critical comments.

EDITORIAL:AthensPlus

Veil of illusions lifted For years we feared that the dangerous game between anti-establishment youths and police would lead to someone being killed. But even so, when the dreadful event did occur, no one could have predicted how terrible it would be nor how it would shake Greece to its core. The murder was not committed in the heat of battle between anarchists and riot police, where it could somehow be explained as a predictable accident.

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