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2004 train not affected IOC inspectors look at transport, rooms after railroad annulment The Council of State's decision to annul plans to build part of Athens's suburban railway will not affect the 2004 Athens Olympics, organizers insisted yesterday. «The section from the airport to the railway hub in (the northwestern suburb of) Menidi is not affected at all, and this is what we are interested in,» a spokesman for Athens 2004, the Games' organizing committee, said yesterday.

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Facing a TV set...

Facing a TV set in front of a wall draped with the red and yellow colors of Turkey's Galatasaray soccer club, members of Greece's Muslim minority in a coffee shop in Komotini...

OECD sees high growth, urges reform

Greece's economy will grow at a higher rate than most developed world economies this year and next year...

Campaign against sex slavery

The turnover from the exploitation of women and children forced into prostitution in Greece has come to an astronomical 6 billion euros...

Church to investigate sex claims

Orthodox clerics accused of sexual misconduct will have their personal affairs scrutinized by a five-member ethics committee...

Fossilized forest to be salvaged

Geologists and divers on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos are to launch an ambitious underwater operation next week...

Harry Potter is cast out of Christendom

An assembly of priests, concerned parents and academics, headed by the bishop of Larissa in central Greece, called on Monday for a ban...

IN BRIEF

Commission warns Greece to adopt EU standards or face court : The European Commission yesterday sent Greece a stern warning...

Strike’s end opened way for Pentecost holiday exodus : A four-day sailors’ strike which ended last Friday...

Unpaid employee presses charges An Athens prosecutor yesterday issued an arrest warrant...

IKA action. Social Security Foundation (IKA) clinics will be operating...

Resurrection deaths. A Thessaloniki court yesterday handed down...

Heroin ring. Police yesterday arrested a Tunisian, an Egyptian...

Feta copyright. Greece’s bid for exclusive rights to the name of feta...

Acid trip. Customs officials at Thessaloniki airport...

Ambassador. The new Greek ambassador to the USA...


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EDITORIAL

Accounting scandal Another major US corporation, telecom giant WorldCom, is collapsing after being allegedly involved in an unprecedented accounting scandal - one of the biggest in American history. Over the last five quarters, company officials had misstated accounting figures to the amount of $3.8 billion, deceiving shareholders, investors, and state officials.

COMMENTARY

A new start, all over again Political skirmishes between ministers over the issue of seamen's pensions last week threw the government into turmoil, sidelining developments in social security reform. On Tuesday, two ministers disagreed over the matter of civil servants' incomes. It took mediation from the prime minister and intervention by the PASOK general secretary to reduce the tension.

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