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Court lets trial-fixing charges fly Fifteen people may face trial over allegations of corruption, bribery and money laundering A top Supreme Court prosecutor yesterday called for charges ranging from money laundering to bribery to be brought against 15 people - including a priest, several judges and a celebrity lawyer - suspected of participation in a trial-fixing ring.

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Karamanlis meets with Bush in US

Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis held talks with US President George W. Bush at the start of an official visit to Washington late yesterday...

19 charged after night of rioting

Nineteen suspected anarchist rioters were charged yesterday with a series of offenses ranging from arson and explosives possession to illegally operating a cafeteria...

Mountain vies for EU beauty title

Most known in Greece as one of the bloodiest battlefields of the 1946-49 Civil War, northern Mount Grammos is vying with the more serene Danube River for the title of the most beautiful nature spot in Europe.

Doctors looking for killer virus

The Health Ministry yesterday instructed doctors to investigate the unexpected deaths...

Groom’s death fails to spoil civil wedding

An investigation has been launched into how a Russian woman officially wed a Greek man one day after the groom succumbed to a terminal disease, a report said yesterday.

IN BRIEF

King of Jordan approves ousting; Christodoulos gets Synod's go-ahead : King Abdallah of Jordan yesterday issued a decree...

Presidents stress need for better ties : President Karolos Papoulias and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Necdet Sezer yesterday agreed on the need to improve bilateral ties...

Cyprus talks : United Nations Undersecretary for Political Affairs Kieran Prendergast is due to visit Cyprus...

Theodorakis award : The International Music Council, a UNESCO body, yesterday bestowed its annual international music award...

Solidarity : The Athens Journalists' Union (ESIEA) yesterday expressed with a Lesvos-based reporter...

NATO exercise : Eight NATO frigates, a submarine and several F-16 fighter jets took part in a one-day military exercise...

Group baptism : A group of 12 adults of various nationalities were baptized yesterday...

Hail damage : A hailstorm yesterday caused serious damage to farmland in the prefecture of Trikala...


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EDITORIAL

Conservatives must blow their trumpet It's a fact of Greek political life: When governments are in trouble, they grumble about the media doing a poor job of promoting their work. Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis has not made any such complains as yet; nevertheless, few would doubt that his government has failed to communicate its purpose and achievements to the general public.

COMMENTARY

Inner dissent Bickering inside the governing party has intensified. Fiscal gloom should not encourage political favors, yet deputies request them despite the administration's struggles with fulfilling pre-election pledges such as staff shortages in state clinics and universities. Some New Democracy MPs are also openly challenging the government's economic policy in Parliament while DAKE, the ND-affiliated union, has surpassed the zeal of its Socialist counterparts in raising obstacles on the matter...

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