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Bank sales brewing 10 pct of National, 9.6 pct of Commercial on market this year Developments are brewing in the banking sector, with sources saying that a planned sale by the State of its 10 percent stake in the country's largest bank, the National Bank of Greece, is drawing interest abroad.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

N17 suspect is released from prison

One of the 19 defendants in the trial of suspected members of November 17 was released from prison yesterday because a judicial council had neglected to renew the order for his temporary detention earlier this month.

Russia may not want Gusinsky

A Russian former media baron arrested at the Eleftherios Venizelos Airport last week on an international warrant may escape extradition to Russia, government sources in Athens implied yesterday, noting that Moscow has not shown any great interest in the man.

Mobster shoots self in the foot

A suspected top mobster on the run for over a year was arrested in a private Athens clinic yesterday, after shooting himself in the foot during a revenge attack outside a village taverna Monday night.

Blackpool cops’ Rhodes mission

A team of British police experts on seaside resort hell-raisers is to visit Rhodes over the weekend to confer with local officials on handling drunken tourists from the UK, the Public Order Ministry confirmed yesterday.

A civilian helps...

A civilian (l) helps a firefighter battle a fire which broke out in the industrial district of Votanikos in central Athens...

Italians hold Greek for young Afghan’s death

ROME (AP) - Investigators are looking into the death of an Afghan youth, a likely would-be immigrant...

IN BRIEF

Bank of Greece offloads 208 mln euros of reserves : The Bank of Greece confirmed yesterday that it sold off 208 million euros’ worth of its gold reserves last week...

382 ex-civil war guerrillas have visited Greece, minister says : A total of 382 civil war exiles living in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia have visited Greece...

Police arrest 7 people with drugs : Police and coast guards in the northeastern port of Alexandroupolis yesterday arrested seven people for drug possession...

Bride recovering : A 23-year-old bride who has been in critical condition since being struck on Saturday by a falling tree branch...

Beach graffiti : A Turkish-Cypriot court has fined a 19-year-old Greek Cypriot for writing a phrase denouncing Turks in the sand...

Arousing footage : The National Broadcasting Council yesterday fined the private television channel Alter 100,000 euros...

Forged euros : There have been several new discoveries of forged euro notes in northern Greece over the past few days...

Bank robbery : An armed robber wearing a white motorcycle helmet yesterday made off with around 16,000 euros...

Quarry death : A 34-year-old quarry worker was yesterday crushed to death by the loading machine he was operating...

US Embassy : The in Athens, including the Consular Section, the US Consulate General in Thessaloniki and all US government offices across the country will be closed on Monday...


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EDITORIAL

Church clash The spat between the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Church of Greece over the so-called «New Territories,» the bishoprics of land that became part of Greece after the 1912-13 Balkan Wars, has gone too far. It appears to be a dispute over influence and power, which is not consistent with the perception of the Church's mission. That is, at least, the perception of the faithful. For the bishops seem to think otherwise.

COMMENTARY

Russian civil war The arrest of the fugitive media baron Vladimir Gusinsky at Athens airport signals Greece's involvement in the civil war that has swept the political and economic elite in Russia. This involvement has international repercussions at the highest level, as the Greek government is under strong pressure not to extradite Gusinsky to Russia. The pressure is not only coming from Israel and the Jewish lobby in the United States but also directly from the US government. This should come as no surprise, as Gusinsky was one of the two «oligarchs» who channeled US influence in then President Boris Yeltsin's government during the 1990s. Gusinsky has, no doubt, committed a plethora of economic crimes. All of Russia's «oligarchs» made huge fortunes during the 1990s...

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