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Long road for Cyprus Tensions flare as leaders begin to discuss issues of substance The obstacles on the road toward solving the Cyprus issue came to the fore yesterday as President Tassos Papadopoulos and Turkish-Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash were involved in a heated exchange during their UN-mediated talks.

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IOC’s Rogge ‘absolutely confident’

Kicking off several days of meetings of the world's Olympic committees, which will coincide with the International Olympic Committee's Executive Board meeting later this week, IOC President Jacques Rogge took the opportunity to declare his confidence in the organizers of the Athens Games.

Leaders warm up for debate

Two days ahead of a key televised debate between the foremost candidates to govern Greece after the March 7 elections, opposition New Democracy leader Costas Karamanlis yesterday presented what he called a charter for everyday life in the Greater Athens area.

Plan B for Acropolis Museum?

As the government yesterday blamed the judiciary for delays in construction of the new Acropolis Museum, a senior project official said there are contingency plans should the building not be ready - even as a shell - in six months' time.

Athens metro use up 14 pct

Around half a million people used Athens's new underground railway, or metro, on a daily basis last year, 14 percent more than in 2002, according to data released yesterday by the metro operating company.

Bodyguard shootout at shipowner’s house

A Piraeus shipowner's embittered former bodyguards were in police custody yesterday after allegedly invading their former employer's house and engaging in a shootout with their successors.

IN BRIEF

Life sentences for two who killed pawnshop owner's daughter in robbery : Two men charged with the murder of the 26-year-old daughter of a pawnshop owner in Thessaloniki in February 2001 were yesterday both sentenced...

ND leader appeals to Musharraf for release of Greek tanker's crew : New Democracy leader Costas Karamanlis, acting in his capacity as vice president of the European Peoples' Party and the International Democratic Union, yesterday sent a letter to Pakistani President...

Pathological reasons cited : An illegal immigrant, who died at a Lagada medical unit after being detained by police in Mygdonia, suffered a brain hemorrhage due to pathological reasons...

Christodoulos backed : Bishop Chrysostomos of Paphos yesterday expressed his support for Archbishop Christodoulos's rejection of a United Nations blueprint...

DIKKI suit : Democratic Social Movement (DIKKI) leader Dimitris Tsovolas yesterday testified against television channels he has sued...

Plane probe : The Civil Aviation Authority (YPA) has launched a preliminary investigation into an unauthorized stop made by a private plane on Monday...

Tax aid : The US Embassy said yesterday that an American tax assister of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will be in Athens from March 11 to 17 to answer tax questions...

Crime of passion : A 30-year-old man fatally shot his girlfriend and then himself after arguing with her at her home in the village of Kranoula...


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EDITORIAL

Dialogue or show? Following lengthy negotiations, PASOK's Nikos Athanassakis and New Democracy's Theodoris Roussopoulos finally agreed on a single televised debate between the two leading candidates. The regulations under which the televised duel will take place are so restrictive that the event is bound to degenerate into a theatrical play of sorts.

COMMENTARY

‘Little Americans’ One of the oft-repeated criticisms of George Papandreou is his lack of knowledge of the Greek mentality and of his American-style politicking. PASOK's new leader was born (of an American mother) in the United States and studied and spent his youth there. PASOK MP Theodoros Pangalos was notably, until recently, one of Papandreou's fiercest critics, accusing him of snubbing state diplomats and leaving the Foreign Ministry in the hands of a group of American-bred officials instead. A similar process is now taking place among PASOK's top ranks. The party's internal organization has been sidelined and the old guard has fallen silent.

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