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Tempe families are awarded 7.5 mln Trucker found mostly at fault for 21 deaths A court in Alexandroupolis yesterday awarded the relatives of the 21 schoolchildren killed in Greece's worst road accident some 7.5 million euros in compensation and apportioned most of the blame for the crash to the truckdriver who was carrying a load of plywood that sliced into the children's coach.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

Fears over high oil prices allayed

Greek government officials yesterday expressed concern over the continuing rise in fuel prices...

Mafia crime is on the rise

Organized crime in Greece is growing. The number of cases in 2004 rose by 13 percent...

A firefighting plane...

A firefighting plane drops water on a brush fire which broke out yesterday on Mount Hymettus in the southern Athenian suburb...

UN tough on Cyprus leaders

The United Nations should proceed with caution in rekindling Cyprus reunification talks...

Fired judges toll rises to seven

A judge thought to be at the center of a trial-fixing ring, whose discovery has rocked the judiciary recently, and one of her colleagues yesterday became the sixth and seventh officials to be sacked by the Supreme Court in the past few weeks.

Greek MasterCards safe from US breach

Credit card group MasterCard allayed fears late yesterday that some 5,000 of its cards in Greece were at risk of being affected...

IN BRIEF

Residents plan further protests, may block dump entrance today, Sunday : A committee of residents and local authorities from western Attica municipalities yesterday met...

Gov't slammed over reforms : Members of Greece's Women's Union observed a debate on female unemployment in Parliament...

Flight disruptions : Airline passengers scheduled to travel tomorrow are to face disruptions...

Darfur aid : Greece will contribute two C-130 military transport planes to airlift African Union troops...

Store blast : A 21-year-old man was hospitalized in critical condition yesterday after a gas canister exploded...

Zakynthos quake : An undersea quake, measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale, occurred...

Greek-Turkish ties : Turkey's army chief Yasar Buyukanit arrived in Athens yesterday...

Molotov attacks : Unidentified arsonists carried out separate attacks in Athens and Thessaloniki yesterday...

Papandreou service : PASOK leader George Papandreou was yesterday joined by most of the shadow cabinet...


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EDITORIAL

Papandreou’s responsibilities PASOK leader George Papandreou once again faced a dilemma over the direction that his party's criticism of the government should take, despite the fact that tension was for the most part absent during the parliamentary debate yesterday.

COMMENTARY

Greece’s ostpolitik Turkey's EU membership aspirations appear to be a main casualty of the crisis triggered by the French and Dutch rejection by referendum of the European Constitution. Former Commission president Romano Prodi, who could become Italy's prime minister after a general election next year, has said that «the conditions now are no longer there for Turkey's entry in the short or medium term.»

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