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Security alert raised Officials speed up Olympic-level preparedness at airport, metro The past week's terrorist attacks in neighboring Turkey have prompted Greece to beef up security, moving step-by-step toward the level of preparedness that will be in place for the Olympics.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

No surprises in socialists’ electoral lists

The ruling PASOK party's Central Committee yesterday approved the lists of candidates who will stand for Parliament in the general elections that will be held by early May.

Insurance fraud victim named

Authorities in northern Greece yesterday identified a migrant worker murdered on Wednesday in what police say was a family plot to collect a 1.5 million-euro insurance policy after staging a fatal car accident.

State firms to tap their real estate

Top Economy Ministry officials agreed yesterday on a series of measures meant to upgrade the real estate of public enterprises in a bid to tap the latent potential of such assets as an alternative to costly state funding.

Anarchists take over university

Dozens of masked youths who took over the head offices of Athens University on Thursday remained...

Top sports in theory, lagging in practice

Already the heaviest smokers and among the fattest European Union citizens, Greeks are also the least fit among all EU national groups, according to data released in Brussels yesterday.

IN BRIEF

Ministry’s approval of initial study for construction is illegal, court rules : A Culture Ministry decision approving a preliminary study for the construction...

No cabs in Athens and Piraeus today as drivers resume their protest : There will be no taxis in Athens today...

Jan. 27 proposed for remembrance : The Interior Ministry said yesterday that it would be submitting legislation to Parliament...

Smoked out : Police yesterday caught a 37-year-old patricide suspect — who had been in hiding...

Ancient Agora : Athens’s Museum of the (Stoa of Attalos) is to be closed to the public from today until next spring...

Father’s suicide : A 43-year-old man, in custody in Thessaloniki’s Diavata jail since the beginning of September...

Railway disruptions? : Services will be suspended on the Kifissia-Piraeus urban electric railway (ISAP) if there is any trouble...

Migrants intercepted : Border police yesterday arrested a Turkish truckdriver...

Olympic works : The Culture Ministry yesterday tabled a draft law meant to tackle legal barriers to key Olympic projects...


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EDITORIAL

Dubious mentality Rhetorical flourishes are the rule rather than the exception during a campaign period. However, these too must keep within limits; going beyond the bounds corrodes the foundations of democracy. Speaking at a central committee meeting yesterday, the Greek prime minister once again overstepped the mark.

COMMENTARY

Decade of uncertainty In the wake of the bomb attacks in Istanbul - a deadly reminder of the September 11 terrorist blitz, particularly for European nations - the future looks more unpredictable than ever. The current decade will be a decade of uncertainty, with all the political, economic and social implications.

OPINION

The end of innocence? It is not just preposterous and abhorrent. It is also a rupture in the child's growing process through which one can discern an unexpected hell - a world of perversion and psychological, sexual and financial exploitation. Before seeing it for themselves, a healthy mind would have found it difficult to imagine - a Eurovision song contest for children. Youngsters are moulded by show business bosses into the kitschiest type of talentless stars.

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