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Hopes for the Games, fears for aftermath Poll shows optimism over Olympics

An overwhelming majority of Greeks believe that the Athens 2004 Olympic Games will be a success but, in response to another question, have fears of unemployment and recession after the Games, according to a poll published yesterday by Kathimerini.
FRONT PAGE NEWS
Greece to probe treasure mystery
Greece will seek an investigation into the provenance of thousands of antiquities believed to have been placed in storage abroad by a controversial British antiquities dealer, the government said yesterday.
Major trash cleanup under way
Garbage collectors in Athens and many other parts of the country began working around the clock late on Saturday to try to clear an estimated 40,000 tons of rotting garbage that had accumulated over a weeklong strike. All municipalities were expected to be functioning today, as some mayors had not told garbage collectors to resume work immediately.
Flag fury sucks in president
The controversy over whether Albanian-born pupil Odhise Qena, 18, should be allowed to carry the Greek flag in his school's October 28 parade - a right stemming from his scoring top marks in his school - moved to another level yesterday, entangling President Costis Stephanopoulos unwittingly.
Sex-trafficking gang broken
Police in Athens have arrested four suspected members of an Albanian sex-trafficking gang that is believed to have also devoted considerable energy to burglaries and shoplifting.
Australian Mychellie Jones...
Australian Mychellie Jones scrambles out of the water at a Vouliagmeni beach during the swimming leg of a triathlon...
Man stabbed as soccer fans clash in Athens
A young soccer fan was hospitalized in a serious condition yesterday after being stabbed in the chest by supporters of a rival team ahead of an Athens match between two of Greece's top football clubs.
IN BRIEF
Youths arrested for suburban muggings : Police in Attica on Saturday arrested three youths believed to be responsible for 49 recent muggings and car thefts in the capital’s northern suburbs...
Farmer drowns : A 62-year-old farmer found drowned in a reservoir near the Psychro Cave on the Lasithi plateau had probably slipped while trying to save a lamb...
Fire damage : The extent of the damage wreaked by a string of fires across the Cretan prefecture of Hania on Thursday and Friday will be assessed over the next few days...
Grenade : Police and army explosives experts were yesterday alerted to the discovery of a Mills hand dating back to World War II in an old tobacco warehouse...
THIS WEEK
Monday
President Costis Stephanopoulos visits Thessaloniki...
Tuesday
National holiday, commemorating the day in 1940 when Greece rejected an Italian ultimatum...
Wednesday
Airport Council International holds the fifth ACI Europe Ground Handling Conference and Exhibition...
Thursday
State hospital doctors stage a 48-hour strike demanding higher salaries...
Friday
National federation of university professors (POSDEP) meets to decide whether to continue strike action...
Sunday
Classic Marathon, organized by the track and field federation SEGAS, takes place in Athens...

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Three young Athenians...
EDITORIAL
An Olympics for everyone?
 Athens 2004 Organizing Committee (ATHOC) President Gianna Angelopoulou-Daskalaki was for some reason upset by last Sunday's editorial piece in Kathimerini titled «2004 Games, an event for the few.» [The same editorial appeared in the Monday, October 20 edition of Kathimerini English Edition.]
COMMENTARY
A political parenthesis
 The odd thing about Costas Simitis as prime minister is that in the course of exercising power he has managed to negate his advantages and is now moving full steam ahead toward chaos. Simitis kept the lid on PASOK's trade unionists and thus was able to ensure peace on the labor front while pursuing a supposedly strict policy of convergence with the hard core of the European Union, but which eventually led to a steep reduction in workers' incomes. However, for some months now, Greece has been rocked by strikes, and last Wednesday the reformist PASOK Executive Bureau denounced the leadership...
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