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Iraq derails EU summit Focus on other issues created ‘surreal’ atmosphere, preserved unity The European Union's Spring Summit ended in Brussels yesterday, with a common declaration to pursue economic development and modernization along the lines stated at another Spring Summit three years ago, in Lisbon.

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Protesters out in force for 2nd day

Athens and other cities across Greece were rocked yesterday by anti-war demonstrations, with businesses and services closing, transportation being suspended and an estimated 150,000 people taking to the streets of the capital. A slightly smaller protest was held on Thursday and another is planned for today.

N17 suspects in anti-war stand

The trial of suspected members of the November 17 gang adjourned early yesterday at the request of defense lawyers, who referred to yesterday's anti-war work stoppages and the problems they might have with transport. The court accepted the request.

Strict rules for sports fan clubs

The government is determined to clamp down on sports fans' associations by regulating them strictly and making sports clubs responsible for their behavior.

EU chiefs push Cyprus plan

The European Union's leaders yesterday urged Turkish Cypriots to reconsider their rejection of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's plan to reunite Cyprus.

Lots of water fell, but supplies are still short

The rains that fell on Greece this winter were far heavier than usual and helped fill dams and raise the subterranean water table, but the fact that there are too few reservoirs means that Athens still has water to meet its needs for less than a year, officials say.

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Former minister expresses doubts over state purchase of Leopard tanks : An opposition New Democracy deputy and former defense minister, Yiannis Varvitsiotis, yesterday questioned the reasons...

Composer vehemently condemns yesterday’s US bombing in Iraq : Composer Mikis Theodorakis yesterday vehemently expressed his condemnation of yesterday evening’s US bombing...

Cretan churches to ring daily : Mourning bells will sound in Cretan churches every day at noon for five minutes until the end of the US-led war...

Cretan defense : A battalion of Patriot anti-aircraft and anti-missile defense systems were transferred to the Cretan port of Hania...

Differences stoked : Opposition New Democracy MP Evripides Stylianidis yesterday asked the government to explain...

Ecofin summit : The European Council of Finance Ministers yesterday agreed to the harmonization of tax on energy...

Olympic education : The Athens 2004 Organizing Committee yesterday joined dozens of educational institutions at the Education 2003 fair...

Fatal collision : A 17-year-old woman, Julia Lamai, was killed and a 22-year-old man, Fetahi Antiol, was injured...

Blood pressure : The latest research into the causes of high blood pressure, which affects 1 in 5 Greeks, focuses on the differing behavior of genes...


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EDITORIAL

European losses The common stance by the European Union on the problem of Iraq can only sadden those who believe in and have entrusted their hopes to the project of European unification. On the initiative of the Greek presidency, the 15 member states decided to bypass the problem. This was the only way to avoid a fruitless search for a non-existent common denominator. Given the present circumstances, should the EU leaders be caught up in such a discussion, it would only deepen the existing chasm...

COMMENTARY

After the war All the evidence, the information and the events themselves support the view that the Iraqi regime will retreat relatively quickly under the force of superior American firepower and British troops. Whatever the complications in the desert, within a few days, Tommy Franks's mechanized divisions will be outside Baghdad, exerting huge pressure on the regime, in the hope of activating internal forces capable of overthrowing Saddam Hussein. This is evident from the military tactics of the American and British forces which so far have confined themselves to selective bombardment of the Iraqi regime's organizational and administrative structures.

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