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Degrees fail to pass test More than 300 students caught trying to get forged certificates recognized The Education Ministry said yesterday that it has caught more than 300 Greek students falsely attempting to gain recognition of foreign university degrees they claim to have obtained while studying abroad.

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Garbage tops talks of mayor with PM

The new mayor of Athens, Nikitas Kaklamanis, yesterday broached the thorny issue of waste management in the capital in his first official meeting with Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis.

Oil plans fuel rise in tension

Cyprus's plans to launch oil and gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean has triggered strong opposition from rival Turkish Cypriots, who say it could revive tensions on the ethnically partitioned island.

Half of births are caesarians

One in two births at private hospitals are conducted using the caesarian section method as are 40 percent of all births in Greece, according to figures released yesterday, which are the highest in Europe.

Russians warm to Greek furs

Despite the mild weather so far this winter, the country's fur trade is growing strongly, with a large number of Russians flying into the country to obtain pieces of clothing made of pelts.

Mugger throws acid in victim’s face, eyes

A 27-year-old woman in Thessaloniki is in danger of losing her sight after a mugger threw acid in her face when she resisted the thief, police said yesterday.

IN BRIEF

Bakoyannis meets with Rice, requests dropping visa requirement : Foreign Affairs Minister Dora Bakoyannis met with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice...

Pensioner caught with stolen goods : The terrorist squad yesterday questioned a 54-year-old man in Kirra, in central Greece's Fokida area, after finding in his home detonators, fuses and 1,960 meters of cable...

Royal auction : Heirlooms once owned by the former Greek royal family sold for 9.3 million pounds (14.2 million euros), Christie's said...

Car targeted : A homemade explosive device that had been placed in a diplomatic car belonging to a Swede working for a Balkans reconstruction organization went off on Thursday night...

Bank robbery : An armed man held up a branch of Piraeus Bank in Thessaloniki yesterday and made away with about 15,000 euros in cash...


THIS WEEKEND

Saturday : President Karolos Papoulias to inaugurate Christos Kapralos Sculpture Exhibition at the Tellogleion Foundation in Thessaloniki...

Sunday : President Karolos Papoulias and Culture Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis to attend a convention of the Pan-Epirotic Federation at 10.30 a.m. at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Neo Faliron...


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EDITORIAL

Setting a bad precedent The Greek government insists that any solution on the final status of the divided Kosovo province must have Belgrade's approval before being ratified by the international community. And for good reason. The use of military violence to extract territory from a foreign state followed by a recognition of its independence by the world powers could set a dangerous precedent in settling other minority issues...

COMMENTARY

Taming capitalism Winston Churchill famously said that «democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried.» Paraphrasing that quote, one could say that free market capitalism is the most socially unjust system, a system mired in scandal and thievery, hunger and war. However, for over half a millennium (which also saw the rise and fall of centralized, socialist economies), the world has not witnessed any other viable economic model.

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