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Cypriots face date ‘with destiny’ UN chief Annan arrives on island in last-ditch effort for agreement, wants a response today UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived on Cyprus yesterday in a final effort to push for an agreement by tomorrow so that a reunited island can join the European Union. Greek and Turkish Cypriots have «a rendezvous with destiny,» Annan said.

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FM in EU-US talks today

Foreign Minister George Papandreou, representing Greece which is currently the EU's president, is visiting Washington today for talks with Secretary of State Colin Powell and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice.

Fight over N17 trial coverage

With just five days left to go until one of the most important trials in Greece's postwar history, lawyers, left-wing parties and the country's main journalists' union joined yesterday in criticizing the government's plans for media coverage of the November 17 terrorist trial.

New plans for Athens squares

Award-winning plans for the refurbishment of two major Athens squares, which are already far behind schedule, have been radically altered by the state organization overseeing the capital's prettification ahead of the 2004 Olympics, it emerged yesterday.

Hepatitis cases soar in Athens

Hepatitis cases are on the rise in western Athens, mainly due to an influx of illegal immigrants from countries with a high incidence of the disease, doctors said yesterday.

Police seize comics on Christ as surfer-dude

Copies of the Greek translation of an Austrian cartoonist's book that pokes fun at the New Testament account of the life of Jesus Christ have been confiscated following police raids on central Athens bookshops.

IN BRIEF

TV channel, 2 journalists must pay ex-PASOK MP 100,000 euros each : Private television channel Alpha, its chief investigative journalist, Makis Triantafyllopoulos, and journalist Themos Anastasiadis...

Ungainly generators to be banned from Attic landscape : Wind parks should not be built in Attica as they will cause more problems than they solve...

Furniture dealer attacked : Police were yesterday waiting to interview a 30-year-old man, hospitalized on Tuesday night...

Bus lane : A trial launch of a new on Harilaou Trikoupi Street, which started yesterday, will disrupt traffic on the central Athens road...

Actor dies : Acclaimed theater actor, director and playwright Dimitris Potamitis died in hospital yesterday at the age of 58...

South Korea : Alternate Foreign Minister Tassos Yiannitsis yesterday met South Korea’s new president, Roh Moo Hyun, in Seoul...

Church doors : Police in Limassol were yesterday seeking to determine whether two carved wooden church doors, found in the southern Cypriot port last week, had been stolen...

Armed robbery : Two armed men, one wielding a Kalashnikov assault rifle, made off with 30,000 euros after robbing the central post office...

Damage inspection : Environment and Public Works Minister Vasso Papandreou will tomorrow lead a government delegation...


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The gunboat Aititos...
EDITORIAL

War preparations The economic and security measures announced by the government yesterday in order to mitigate the dire effects of a US-led showdown with Iraq prompted grim thoughts about the future. The expected, but nevertheless precipitous, rise in oil prices and, effectively, the surge in the cost of economic activity in general, will place an additional strain on the economy, which has already slowed down both at home and worldwide.

COMMENTARY

Using US pressure UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has been traveling to various capitals to discuss key international issues but it is Washington that has the final say on them. Annan has been talking about a solution to the Cyprus problem; he has visited Ankara, Athens and Nicosia, submitted blueprints and listened to the views of political leaders. Much as the mobility of the secretary-general has been promoted and covered, everyone still knows that there will be no genuine progress on this issue unless the USA exerts pressure on the interested parties.

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