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Convicts repeat helicopter escape Notorious criminal and accomplice flee high-security prison in carbon copy of their June 2006 breakout In a massive security blunder for the government, the country's most notorious criminal and an Albanian accomplice escaped from Attica's high-security Korydallos Prison yesterday in a helicopter breakout all the more spectacular for being a repeat of a 2006 performance.

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Terror group now targeting journalists

The terrorist group Sect of Revolutionaries on Saturday claimed responsibility for an armed attack on the premises of private television station Alter last Tuesday...

Rectors seek bold reforms

A committee of university rectors has proposed the «radical» reform of the secondary and primary education sectors...

Arms spat spoils ties with Berlin

Greece's relations with Germany have taken a turn for the worse, mainly due to disagreements over military procurement programs...

Middleman used fake bills to cheat associate

A 41-year-old man has been arrested in Thessaloniki after allegedly swindling an electronic goods wholesaler...

IN BRIEF

PM rules out early polls, says priority is global crisis impact : Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis yesterday emphatically ruled out the possibility of early elections...

Greek ship taken off Somalia : A Greek-owned, Maltese-flagged cargo ship was seized by pirates...

Trucker talks : Unionists representing protesting truck drivers who have been blocking border crossings in northern Greece...

Foreign affairs : Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis flew to the US yesterday for an official visit...

Weekend robberies : Two gunmen raided a gas station on the highway linking Thessaloniki to Veria early on Saturday...

Bank raid : A group of assailants caused serious damage to a bank in central Thessaloniki...


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EDITORIAL

Finding common ground Greece's two main parties have to reach a consensus if they really want to solve some of the big problems that are plaguing this country. Greece is in crisis and this can only be overcome if ruling New Democracy and opposition PASOK join hands. The country's voters can only feel disappointment and frustration when they see that Greece's main political parties have been reduced to exchanging barbs and accusations on such significant issues as education reform, the global financial crisis and the state of the local economy as well as the resurgence of terrorism.

COMMENTARY

“Look at Greece…” The riots in Greece last December are on their way to becoming one of the lasting symbols of the global recession, much in the way that «France 1968» captures the awakening of youth in that - other - eventful decade. Wherever tension rises due to economic hardship, governments tremble lest they have to deal with a rebellion like that of the Athenian youth.

EDITORIAL:AthensPlus

United we stand On Wednesday, Greece was one of six members of the European Union to be named subject to an «excessive deficit report» - the first step toward demanding stricter fiscal measures to bring an economy in line with its partners. Others named were powerhouses France, Spain and Ireland, along with minnows Latvia and Malta. From the way the Greek and international press had anticipated this in recent weeks, one would think that only Greece had an excessive deficit and was capable of undermining the euro on its own.

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