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Education bill rally results in more violence Strikes, sits-ins look set to continue Thousands of students, teachers and university lecturers marched through the capital yesterday in yet another protest at education reforms, but their demonstration was marred by some of the worst violence since the government announced its plans to shake up the country's university system.

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Judges refuse to work any faster

Judges declined yesterday to meet the government's demand that they wrap up more trials each day in an effort to clear the backlog...

Teens tried to torch school

Three teenagers tried to set fire to a senior high school in Peristeri, western Athens, at the end of last year, police said yesterday as they referred the case to a prosecutor.

Probe into fake Serb degrees

The Education Ministry yesterday suspended recognition of degrees from Serbian universities after certificates issued to Greek students were proven to be forgeries.

Turkey bites back on Cyprus

Ankara rebuffed claims yesterday by Athens and Nicosia that it is not cooperating in the effort to find a solution to the Cyprus problem...

Driver hid camera in pants to cheat on test

A man who tried to cheat on the written part of his driving test exam with the help of a tiny camera which was hidden in his underwear has been arrested, police said yesterday as they sought the man's accomplice.

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Residents call on inspectors over stench from pollutants in river : Residents living close to the Kifissos River called in health inspectors yesterday to investigate a pungent smell in the area...

Civil servant stole 700,000 euros : An employee of the tax office in Domokos, central Greece, was given a five-year jail sentence yesterday after being found guilty...

Suicide averted : A man who climbed up a water tower in Kastoria, northern Greece, and threatened to shoot himself gave in to police early yesterday...

Chios migrants : Coast guard officers discovered 54 illegal immigrants on a beach on the eastern Aegean island of Chios yesterday...

Gas guzzlers : Transport Minister Michalis Liapis signed an agreement yesterday to allow any car, bus or truck to use natural gas...

Arson attack : Assailants threw petrol bombs at a New Democracy office in Ilioupolis, eastern Athens, at around 4 a.m. yesterday...

TODAY President Karolos Papoulias to meet with PASOK MP Vasso Papandreou at 12.30 p.m. and the former president of the Democratic Rally of Cyprus Party (DISY), Yiannakis Matsis, at 1.30 p.m...


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EDITORIAL

Voting against the party line Despite partisan calls urging deputies to vote along party lines during yesterday's parliamentary ballot on constitutional revision, many MPs made use of Article 60 that gives them the right to express their opinion freely and to vote according to their conscience. However, they only did so regarding three articles of the Constitution which will, as a result, be exempted from the upcoming revision.

COMMENTARY

Political pastime Once PASOK - for whatever reason - decided to leave the show, the constitutional revision was dead. It's pure arithmetic. Even if New Democracy was to win a comfortable victory in the next elections, it would not be able to muster the 180 MP votes it needs. That is, unless PASOK makes a post-election U-turn. But in any case, the revision was mostly a public relations exercise.

OPINION

Reforms first, evaluation later The compulsory quality inspections and evaluation that British universities are subject to is extremely interesting to consider within the context of the protests provoked by the draft law unveiled earlier this week for the reform of higher education in Greece.

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