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Muslim groups call for calm Migrant unions ask police to be cautious; legal suit lodged against officer alleged to have torn Quran Tensions simmered yesterday in parts of central Athens with large immigrant populations, following a weekend of protests by Muslims at a police officer's alleged defacement of a Quran and an attack by suspected far-rightists on a makeshift mosque.

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Siemens handover bid ‘incomplete’

The slim chances of Germany agreeing to extradite a key suspect in the Siemens cash-for-contracts scandal have been dealt...

ND Euro poll chief scrutinized

New Democracy's bid to reduce the gap by which it is expected to lose the upcoming European parliamentary elections was dealt a blow yesterday...

OSE looks into track sabotage

Officials of the Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE) yesterday were probing the latest attempt to sabotage the national railway network...

Brits in Cretan court for bare-faced cheek

A group of 17 British tourists holidaying on the island of Crete were freed by a court in Iraklion yesterday...

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Central Omonia station closed after hoax caller warns of blast : An anonymous telephone call warning that a bomb had been planted...

Thessaloniki student in hospital : A 22-year-old student was recovering in a Thessaloniki hospital yesterday...

Water reserves : The Athens Water and Sewerage Company (EYDAP) said yesterday that it will stop pumping water...

Hail damage : While much of the country was bathed in brilliant sunshine yesterday...

Cash raids : Police in central Greece yesterday were seeking the perpetrators of a raid on a gas station...

Fatal collision : Three people were killed late on Sunday when two vehicles were involved...


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Contributing to a better future in Afghanistan A member of the Hellenic Composite Battalion in Afghanistan (TESAF) embraces...

EDITORIAL

Genuine political debate Televised debates by candidates or representatives of the various political parties before an election, even if they be elections for the European Parliament, are no doubt a very useful institution. However, these forums of verbal combat often end up stripped of any real interest or substance because, ironically, of the suffocating limits imposed on them by the political parties themselves.

EDITORIAL:AthensPlus

Quiet museums of the mind Something is stirring in Athens's relationship with its ancient past. The New Acropolis Museum will open its doors in a month, the National Archaeological Museum has been refurbished and now, due to the pressure of local residents and renewed interest from the Culture Ministry, the desolate ruins of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum will be added to the map of places worth visiting in the capital.

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