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Aircraft cabin lost pressure before crash Experts say passengers were unconscious The Cypriot airliner which crashed north of Athens, killing all 121 passengers and crew, suffered a loss of cabin pressure which rendered virtually everybody on board unconscious before the plane ran out of fuel and slammed into a mountainside in Grammatiko, the head of the accident investigation team said yesterday.

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Hopes for fresh start follow new patriarch

The Greek Orthodox Jerusalem Patriarchate sought to put months of scandal and bickering behind it yesterday...

Price hike hits power hungry

Consumers will need to dig deeper into their pockets to cover their electricity bills as of next month after the government yesterday approved a hike in electrical energy charges by as much as 6.5 percent.

New delays for airlines frustrate passengers

The fears of nervous airlines and anxious passengers, in the wake of the Helios Airways crash that killed 121 people...

Residents warned of water risk

Some 15,000 people in parts of northern Greece have been warned not to drink their tap water as pesticides from a nearby factory may have poisoned the water in their private underground wells, municipal officials said.

IN BRIEF

Subscribers to get money back for last week's service interruption : Mobile phone operator Vodafone yesterday said it would...

Turkish jets back in Greek air space after 11-day absence : Turkish military aircraft violated Greek air space in the Aegean...

Border guards stop 134 in Evros : Border guards in Evros have detained a total of 134 illegal immigrants...

Ferry delay : The 594 passengers of the Taxiarachos ferry, which departed from Chios...

Ardas river : Prefectural officials in Evros yesterday lifted safety measures...

Tsunami aid : A check for 3.84 million euros from state broadcaster ERT was yesterday...

Mystery shooting : A police car traveling through the mountainous area of Sfakia in Crete with four officers in it was fired upon...

Methadone treatment : The state Organization Against Drugs (OKANA) will open a new unit in Thessaloniki...

Car recall : Local Renault dealer, Mava Emporoviomichaniki SA, is recalling its Clio II...


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EDITORIAL

Tax evasion Alarm bells started ringing for the government when the Economy Ministry demonstrated conclusively the extent of tax evasion still going on in Greece. By cross-checking the tax returns of the clients of 50 percent of the largest companies, the ministry uncovered tax evasion amounting to the colossal sum of 7 billion euros.

COMMENTARY

Peace in Jerusalem Peace has been restored at the Jerusalem Patriarchate, or at least that is the general impression after yesterday's unanimous election of Theofilos to the patriarchal throne of the Holy City. A centuries-old correlation of forces has preserved the Greek Orthodox character of the Patriarchate, since neither the Jordanians, the Israelis nor the Americans would want a Hierarch closely linked to the Catholic or Russian Orthodox churches.

OPINION

The sun falls to earth Every tragedy has an image with which we associate it. The crash of a Cypriot passenger aircraft in the mountains above Grammatiko last Sunday immediately acquired such an image - the golden likeness of a surprised and melancholic sun, on the back tail of the destroyed aircraft...

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