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PM calls for hostilities to stop in Middle East Greece clarified its position on the crisis in the Middle East yesterday as Premier Costas Karamanlis called for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, saying a distinction could not be made between «good and bad violence.»

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Alarm sounded over dangers of burning rubbish

The fire at the Tagarades landfill, which continued to smolder for a sixth day yesterday, is emitting dangerous levels of harmful gases, scientists warned...

Tapping clues are trickling in

MPs on the committee investigating the recent phone-tapping scandal yesterday appeared frustrated at the lack of progress in their probe as they again demanded...

Glass raised to GM-free milk

Most of the milk on sale in the domestic market is the product of cows that have not been fed genetically modified (GM) fodder, the environmental group Greenpeace revealed...

Warning issued on used cars

After a number of complaints from Greeks who have recently bought used cars from Germany, the General Secretariat for Consumers warned prospective buyers...

Art restorer nabbed stockpiling valuables

A 28-year-old Greek art restorer has been arrested in London after he allegedly stole from a 52-year-old woman a number of valuable items he was meant to be repairing...

IN BRIEF

New prison is ready in Trikala to help ease overcrowding at jails : The first of six new prisons which are being built...

Member of terrorist group leaves prison after serving three years : A convicted member of the November 17 terrorist group was released...

Souflias rejects Thessaly bias claims : Public Works and Environment Minister Giorgos Souflias denied accusations...

Food destroyed : Inspectors from the Prefecture of Piraeus confiscated and destroyed...

Corruption trial : The trial of former judge Leonidas Stathis and 10 lawyers who are alleged...

MP testimony : Two lawyers who work at the legal office run by independent...

Youths die : Two 18-year-olds were killed early yesterday when the car...

US visas : The US Embassy in Greece said yesterday that it had opened...

Highway diversion : A section of the Athens-Corinth national road at Kakia Skala will be closed...


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EDITORIAL

Our pitiful record in managing landfills We have not had any pleasant surprises this summer. True to form, there have already been landfill fires and carcinogenic substances have been released into the atmosphere. Soon we will no doubt witness the onset of this year's forest fires, which begin in illegal garbage dumps or are intentionally started by would-be land-grabbers. This recurring pattern of destruction leads to a clear conclusion: that this country has not learnt anything from its unpleasant experiences in the past.

COMMENTARY

Crime without punishment Following the incursion of Israeli ground forces into Lebanon, the war has entered a second, more violent, phase. In the role of a modern Pontius Pilate, the West has passively observed the collective punishment of a nation and the destruction of an entire country. Meanwhile, efforts by the United Nations, Russia and a handful of European countries, including Greece...

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