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Greece to press on Iraq Despite summit success, Simitis fears further EU-US tension Greece, as president of the EU, will continue to press for a peaceful solution to the Iraq crisis, Prime Minister Costas Simitis said yesterday. But, in a meeting with President Costis Stephanopoulos, sources said that Simitis expressed the belief that the issue will continue to create tension between the European Union and the United States, within the European Union and also within EU countries themselves.

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Turks make issue of new Cyprus chief

As Cyprus's president-elect, Tassos Papadopoulos, met twice yesterday with UN envoy Alvaro de Soto to be briefed on talks aimed at ending the island's division, Turkey charged that the Greek-Cypriot leader elected on Sunday was burdened by his past as a fighter for the island's independence.

Prison drug probe pays off

Five convicts in Korydallos Prison's men's wing were charged yesterday with running a ring that allegedly smuggled heroin into Greece's largest jail, while four guards were charged with assisting them and trying to pervert the course of justice.

Professor describes JFK ordeal

An Athens academic detained by US officials last week for a grilling on the November 17 terrorist group was held in handcuffs and fetters for hours at a New York airport without being told why, or being charged, university authorities said.

Michalopoulos testifies again

In new, six-hour testimony yesterday, the far right-wing publisher at the heart of an extortion scandal claimed he had been on the closest of terms with one of Greece's industrial families for the past 30 years, and denied having blackmailed a relative by marriage of the Athens 2004 chief.

Schoolboy burns to death in Vari house

A 12-year-old boy died trapped in a burning wooden house yesterday morning in the coastal Athens suburb of Vari as his parents made desperate efforts to extract him.

IN BRIEF

Storm damage estimated at 400 mln euros, not counting highways : Damage to roads, water and sewage networks by the past weeks’ storms will cost an estimated 400 million euro to repair...

ND MP gives prosecutor allegedly incriminating correspondence : A New Democracy deputy yesterday gave a Piraeus prosecutor three suitcases of alleged correspondence...

12 crew, engineers face trial : Twelve people are to be tried in connection with an explosion on a ship moored at Perama in October 2001 which killed five people...

Security exercise : Public Order Ministry officials and representatives of the Athens 2004 Organizing Committee were yesterday briefed...

Communications failure : Greece ranks 42nd out of 82 nations in terms of its ability to benefit from information and communications technology...

Metro satisfaction : Most Athenians (85 percent) traveling on the city’s Metro are happy with the service and 95 percent feel safe on metro journeys...

Off for the Gulf : The frigate Kountouriotis is to set off for the Persian Gulf on Sunday, to replace its sister frigate Hydra...

Balkan crime : Public Order Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis said yesterday he will present Greece’s proposals on how to tackle organized crime...

No ambulances : National First Aid Center (EKAB) staff are to stage a five-hour work stoppage from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today...


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‘Action Thessaloniki 2003’ group staged two demonstrations...
EDITORIAL

Let’s get serious The emergency EU summit in Brussels on Iraq and French President Jacques Chirac's hint at the implications of eastward enlargement once again confirmed that we are witnessing a radical transformation of the global system. This process will shape the face of 21st century Europe and have a decisive effect on the global economy. The pressure on transatlantic ties by the widening gulf between the USA and Europe's leading powers, ...

COMMENTARY

Inside scenarios It's perfectly normal that Prime Minister Costas Simitis has publicly ruled out recent corridor gossip and press reports that he intends to step down from the Socialist party leadership. It would not make sense if Simitis were determined to keep his post and, at the same time, raise the issue of handing over the PASOK leadership over to another Socialist figure. The premier may be refuting hypothetical scenarios about his potential resignation in order to dispel the fog currently shrouding the political scene, where rumors circulating about a change of PASOK's leadership have originated exclusively from governmental and Socialist party officials.

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