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Power grid takes on heat Temperatures hit 45C (113F) in central Greece as hot weather continues Electricity usage in Greece soared to a record high yesterday as residents tried to cool off in scorching temperatures, while experts blamed poor town planning for making conditions in the heat wave worse.

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Athens is unsure on troops for UN force

Greece is unlikely to send a large number of troops to Lebanon as part of the United Nations peacekeeping force, Athens said yesterday...

Students fail to make TEI grade

The introduction of stricter criteria for entrance into universities is likely to mean that some 12,000 tertiary positions will be left vacant this academic year...

Hunt for icon heads to sea

Police were searching boats yesterday off the coast of the eastern Peloponnese for a 700-year-old icon stolen last Friday from the Elona Monastery in Arcadia...

Legal snag looms for sex bill

Legal experts have raised concerns about the wording a draft law on sexual harassment, saying that if the bill is passed into law it will be difficult to apply...

Filthy Pinios leaves residents cheesed off

The Pinios River near Larissa in central Greece is heavily polluted, according to test results revealed yesterday following complaints by locals...

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Suspect awaiting extradition hangs himself at Acropolis police station : A 32-year-old man was found hanged in an apparent suicide...

Inspectors find dangerous material at two hospitals in Piraeus area : Health inspectors have found potentially dangerous levels of asbestos...

Armed men steal taxi driver's cash : Two armed men held up a taxi driver in Kolonos...

Hidden stash : A Dutch national of Lebanese origin was stopped at the border between Greece and Turkey...

Funky chickens : Piraeus prefectural inspectors seized and destroyed 723 kilos of chicken products...

Public protests : The Athens Chamber for the Self-Employed (EEA) yesterday welcomed...

Battery recall : The Development Ministry said yesterday that Dell Hellas is recalling 1,800 batteries...

Bank robbery : An armed man held up a branch of Citibank in Hellenikon...

BMW shocks : The General Secretariat for Consumer Affairs said yesterday that BMW cars manufactured...


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EDITORIAL

Education reform before more funds No one questions the view that education is underfunded in Greece. Nor can anyone seriously argue that despite the country's fiscal problems the government should not focus on making a generous increase to expenditure on education. The problem is that no one knows how to prioritize the funding. And that's because the needs in this sector are unmapped. Even the political leadership is in the dark.

COMMENTARY

Embarrassment at the borders What has been happening at the border crossings at Kakavia in Ioannina and Krystallopigi in Florina as thousands of legally documented Albanian migrants return from their summer vacation does no credit to Greece as a European country. During the busiest times, people exhausted by waiting as long as two days sleep in their cars or seek a little shade...

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