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Blackmail charges laid Suspect denies allegations she was threatening Zachopoulos over ‘affair’ The woman accused of blackmailing former Culture Ministry General Secretary Christos Zachopoulos and driving him to suicide is due to be taken to Korydallos Prison today after a magistrate decided she should be kept in custody pending a trial that could clear up why the official attempted to kill himself.

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Health of Church leader worsens

Doctors have put Archbishop Christodoulos, who is suffering from liver and stomach cancer, under close watch...

Court ruling reins in unionists

Unionists have criticized a Supreme Court decision that says employers can dismiss union representatives if they have acted in a way that targets the company specifically rather than supporting worker rights.

Parents miss out on story time

Six in 10 parents feel that they do not devote enough time to reading stories to their children, even though more than 90 percent of them believe that it has a positive effect on youngsters and is an important part of their upbringing.

Two injured in family row

A teenager and a 30-year-old man were hospitalized in western Athens yesterday suffering from serious knife wounds after a row broke out between the two over the boy's mother, police said.

A homeless man...

A homeless man eats a Christmas meal at the City of Athens homeless shelter on Tuesday...

Casino cash safe after heisters’ gamble fails

Three armed robbers opened fire on a security van carrying cash from the Mont Parnes casino on Monday afternoon but fled the scene empty-handed, police said yesterday.

IN BRIEF

Police in Athens launch search for Iraqi man awaiting trial for stealing : Police in Athens were yesterday looking for a 40-year-old Iraqi man who escaped from custody while awaiting trial on charges of theft...

Fire destroys abandoned home in city center, no trace of squatters found : A fire destroyed an abandoned home in Metaxourgeio, central Athens, yesterday, authorities said...

Last day for car stickers approaches : Drivers are reminded that they have until the end of the year to buy their 2008 road tax stickers at banks and post offices...

Vehicles torched : Nine vehicles belonging to the Group 4 private security firm were set on fire in Kolonos, west central Athens, on Tuesday morning...

Pensioner burned : A 91-year-old woman burned to death in her home in the village of Granitsa, northwestern Greece, on Christmas Day...

Homes destroyed : Four homes were destroyed in a blaze in the village of Vitsa, in northern Greece's Ioannina prefecture, but there were no reports of injuries...

Cannabis confiscated : Police have confiscated more than 100 kilos of cannabis and heroin and arrested five people in the area of Mesopotamia on the Greek-Albanian border...

Officer protest : Border police marched in Florina, northern Greece, in support of their colleague who has been remanded in custody after he allegedly shot and killed an illegal immigrant...


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EDITORIAL

A wish for global cooperation Peace on Earth was the greatest wish in the festive season during all those years that war threatened the world balance. Today, the clash of nations has died down. This peaceful world harbors other threats, however. Rash human activity is taking a heavy toll on the environment and it will take international cooperation on every level to divert potential ecological disasters. The phantom of terrorism has cast its shadow over the planet and all governments must work closely to eradicate the threat.

COMMENTARY

Divine routine Having a sense of certainty firmly rooted in one's faith is not something easily achieved by most of us. Whether we belong to the believers or not, whether we are a shepherd or one of the flock, it is hard on the one hand to feel any certainty and, on the other, to taste genuineness. It takes a lot of work to see the meaning after faith has been so carved up and watered down. It takes even more to believe that the «Sun of Justice,» celebrated in Tuesday's psalms, is rising now rather than at some distant time that cannot be measured by anything at our means. Justice remains unfound, even among those who claim to be the deacons of the divine.

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