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Doomed from takeoff Plane probably lost oxygen as it left Larnaca due to flip of a switch The Cypriot airliner which crashed 10 days ago is likely to have lost pressure right after takeoff because a switch set to the wrong position had gone unnoticed, sources told Kathimerini yesterday.

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Policy aim is to boost results at state firms

Greece's cabinet started to put together yesterday the final touches to the government's economic policy...

Plan for more hospital beds

The government is attempting to ease the strain on the nation's overcrowded hospitals by passing intensive-care patients on to private health centers and offering to foot the bill.

Restaurant blast burns owner and kills friend

The owner of a Santorini restaurant, which had been ordered to close, was fighting for his life last night after suffering serious burns when a gas leak at his establishment on Monday night led to an explosion...

Doctors play down drug risk

News that a popular anti-depressant drug leads to more suicides was met with caution...

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Elderly couple found dead after husband shoots wife and self : Police in Crete were yesterday investigating why 81-year-old Charalambos Markatatos shot his 74-year-old wife...

Woman caught over cabbie shooting : A 32-year-old mother of three has been arrested...

Boy drowns : A 10-year-old boy drowned yesterday as he went for a swim...

Chinese-Cypriot ties : The Chinese Foreign Minister said during a visit to Cyprus...

Beachside drugs : Police arrested five people yesterday for selling heroin...

Derby damage : Fans of Olympiakos and Panathinaikos soccer clubs clashed in Brahami...

Egyptian migrants : Egyptian authorities have arrested 50 migrants...

Naughty devils : The General Secretariat for Consumers referred two companies yesterday...


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EDITORIAL

A weighty reform It is generally accepted that public utilities (DEKO) have been, and remain, rather dubious in both the quality of their services and management. For many years they constituted fertile ground for blatant transgressions of restrictions and rules.

COMMENTARY

A crucial period The prime minister and his ruling New Democracy party still appear to enjoy the trust of the majority of Greeks, according to recent poll figures, even though their policies over the past 17 months have been anything but populist in the sense of providing appreciable benefits.

OPINION

Critical turning point Both major political parties are warming their engines in preparation for the traditional September clash at the Thessaloniki International Fair, where they will both reveal their strategies for the economy and other key policy areas. For Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, the fact that he has not yet maximized his first year in power to push through critical reforms...

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