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Ferry fire, passenger ire Blaze on Knossos Palace put out but people could not disembark More than 1,000 passengers aboard one of Greece's most modern high-speed ferries, the Knossos Palace, had to don life jackets and assemble on the ship's decks early yesterday when a truck carrying chemicals caught fire in the garage.

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Papandreou: Crucial time for Cyprus

The next months will be «crucial» for the Cyprus issue, Foreign Minister George Papandreou said yesterday after talks with the State Department coordinator for Cyprus, Thomas Weston. The US official said he hoped Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Cyprus on Saturday «could have a positive impact» in getting reunification talks back on track.

Probe into Thessaloniki arrest

A Supreme Court prosecutor yesterday ordered an investigation into claims that a Briton held in pre-trial custody since his arrest after the June 21 anti-EU riots in Thessaloniki was framed...

Minister’s blasphemy live on TV

The deputy minister appointed in July to head a high-profile drive against overpricing was caught during a live television debate yesterday using obscene language against producers who had invited a female opposition MP to the show.

Crackdown on illegal adverts

Public Works Minister Vasso Papandreou yesterday promised a crackdown on thousands of illegal billboards in Athens and other major cities, vowing to ensure that four-year-old legislation on the matter is implemented.

Smokers urged to have tests for killer disease

More than 600,000 Greeks suffer from an acute and, in the long term, fatal form of smokers' cough, experts warned yesterday, adding that over half of all patients don't realize that they are ill.

IN BRIEF

24-hour action by civil servants to delay flights, shut down public services : A 24-hour nationwide strike by civil servants today will virtually shut down most public services and cause flight disruptions...

Larger pensions for relatives of officers who die in the line of duty : Police officers who die in the line of duty will be posthumously awarded...

Total of 96 special new units for Attica : A total of 96 new criminal investigation departments are to be established...

PASOK : Socialist MP Maria Arseni yesterday became the latest in a list of government deputies to announce they would not stand for re-election...

Bank raid : Police were yesterday investigating the theft of 400,000 euros from a bank in Vilia, western Attica...

Migrants detained : Border police yesterday arrested a Greek truckdriver hiding 30 illegal immigrants in a built-in compartment in his vehicle...

Conscript suicide : A 19-year-old conscript fatally shot himself with his service rifle just before 11 p.m. on Tuesday night while on sentry duty...

Railway disruptions : Services on the Piraeus-Kifissia urban electric railway will end about an hour earlier than usual today...

Iraklion airport : A new international airport with better services is to be built...


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EDITORIAL

Ballot manipulation The violent acts and vote-rigging that the Albanian government organized in order to tamper with election results in the southern Himare region to the expense of Greek minority candidate Vassilis Bolanos this time overstepped the mark. Members of the government-appointed electoral committee in the village of Drymades did not hesitate to sign an official document that stated that the votes cast in favor of the winning ruling party candidate were five times the turnout - and all this before the eyes of international observers.

COMMENTARY

Rebels without a cause The shock waves that have jolted the ruling party after a number of Socialist deputies announced that they will part ways with PASOK are to be observed in other countries as well. The French Socialists are having an identity crisis following their landslide defeat in the last elections. In Italy, the center-left party has laid all its hopes on Romano Prodi's return from Brussels. Britain's Tony Blair is faced with prolonged in-party dissent, while Gerhard Schroeder in Germany emerged weaker from his party conference in Bochum. «Our people don't feel they can go out and stand up for the party anymore,»...

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