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Cypriots tug and talk Leaders approach from different angles; blast at Talat’s home

Crucial talks aimed at solving the Cyprus issue before the island joins the European Union on May 1 resumed in Nicosia yesterday under UN mediation. The EU's commissioner for enlargement, Guenter Verheugen, was there to stress the Union's interest in the outcome.
FRONT PAGE NEWS
ND retains lead in last opinion polls
The last opinion polls made public ahead of the two-week pre-electoral ban that begins tomorrow, suggest...
Rogge airs vote of confidence
International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge yesterday expressed support for Greece's Olympic effort, amid growing fears that the execution of several crucial projects has fallen badly behind schedule.
Man shot in raid by elite squad
A southern Athens motorcycle mechanic was seriously wounded yesterday during a shootout with the special police counterterrorism squad, which stormed his home after the man opened fire on officers trying to detain him for resisting arrest.
EU joins forces on terror threat
BRUSSELS (AP) - European Union justice and interior ministers adopted a handbook yesterday to counter terrorist threats at sports events, such as this summer's Olympics in Athens. The so-called «security handbook» sets out practical guidelines for coordination between European police, military and intelligence authorities...
Prestige captain fails to win top sea award
The Greek captain of the Prestige tanker that sank off Spain in 2002, causing a huge oil spill, was denied the shipping world's top award late on Wednesday after sympathetic judges ruled it would be inappropriate to examine his nomination while a court case is pending against him.
IN BRIEF
Court rejects defendants' objections, suspends proceedings until Wednesday : The court hearing the case of Revolutionary Popular Struggle (ELA) terror group suspects yesterday rejected a string of objections...
Riot police eject protesting olive growers from barricades : Protesting olive growers yesterday retreated from the Patras-Corinth national road near Aigion...
Man caught after erratic driving : The driver of an Athens blue bus, stopped by traffic police on Wednesday after being spotted veering dangerously across the road...
Election contenders : A total of 18 political parties yesterday officially declared their participation in the forthcoming elections...
Benefit fraud : A 37-year-old female employee of the Social Security Foundation (IKA) in Kavala was yesterday sentenced...
No perjury : An Athens court yesterday cleared the father of Athina Onassis...
Weather compensation : Economy Minister Nikos Christodoulakis, Agriculture Minister Giorgos Drys and Agricultural Bank Governor Petros Lambrou yesterday agreed to help farmers...
Municipal police : A group of 496 new officers officially assumed their duties yesterday during a ceremony...
TV phone lines : The National Broadcasting Council yesterday warned citizens to be wary of telephone numbers advertised on television game shows and fortunetellers...

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EDITORIAL
Harmful promises
 The new PASOK president's election campaign rhetoric is rife with costly proclamations. In the past few days, in fact, as the election campaign enters the final stretch and the opinion polls are not promising for the ruling party, George Papandreou's promises have been coming thick and fast. These are pledges that will require more than the feeble resources of the Greek economy to fulfill.
COMMENTARY
Butchered dialogue
 In the «television democracy» which we are inhabiting, the election campaign is being waged as a post-political «lifestyle» rather than as the exercise of politics. Our would-be rulers are doing nothing more than adapting to the implacable demands of vote-gathering, even to the point of risking their own personal credibility. Yet the struggle for power is not a question of fashion. It has a direct effect on the country's future and, to some extent, on the people's standard of living.
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