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Minister takes the rap Polydoras accepts blame for violence but faults opposition for buildup Public Order Minister Vyron Polydoras yesterday took responsibility for failing to curb a recent spate of arson attacks by anarchist groups but suggested that opposition PASOK had allowed such violence to thrive.

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Fund hits brokers with a lawsuit

A civil servants pension fund that is believed to have been overcharged millions of euros for a state bond has lodged a lawsuit against the brokerage house that recommended the investment move.

Illegal dwellings demolished

Municipal authorities in Keratea, eastern Attica, knocked down around 40 illegally built dwellings on its beach area earlier this week and vowed to continue fighting against the large number of illegal homes in the region.

Traffickers toss group into sea

A 15-year-old girl drowned and two others were reported missing yesterday after human traffickers threw a group of illegal immigrants into the sea close to the southern Aegean island of Leros, authorities said.

Offense at CIA note on Turks

Athens yesterday calmly but firmly repudiated the CIA's assertion, in its World Fact Book, that Turks constitute an «ethnic group» in Greece.

Transport Minister...

Transport Minister Michalis Liapis gives some driving tips to future Athens drivers at an inauguration ceremony...

Two charged with perjury in Alex case

Authorities yesterday charged two people in connection with the killing last year of 11-year-old Alex Meshivili, in Veria, northern Greece, as the police investigation appears to be moving along after initial delays.

IN BRIEF

Flights, public transport to be disrupted as staff walk out : Flights and public transport will be disrupted on Tuesday as staff stage strikes and work stoppages to participate in traditional May Day rallies...

Five main suspects in soccer brawl all deny any involvement in killing : Authorities said yesterday the five main suspects allegedly involved in the murder of a sports fan in Paeania, northern Athens, last month completed their testimonies...

Northern Greece at high risk this year : The fire risk in parts of northern Greece will be extra high this year due to a dry winter, authorities said yesterday...

Missing cash : Police and ATEbank technicians are investigating the conditions under which 50,000 euros have gone missing from an ATM...

Few clues : Two Greek Orthodox nuns found murdered this week inside a 400-year-old mountain nunnery in southern Greece were likely killed in a violent robbery...

Internet access : One in five Greek households have Internet access, as compared to four of 10 households in the European Union on average, according to the results of a Eurobarometer poll...

Karamanlis trip : Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis is due to visit New Zealand, Australia and Vietnam next month, his office said yesterday...

Aircraft delivery : Greece will next week take delivery of the first two Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets that it has ordered from France...


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EDITORIAL

Politicians tainted on television screen It's disheartening, almost outrageous, to see conservative government ministers and socialist opposition figures appearing on television news bulletins and talk shows. Viewers cringe every time they hear a journalist from a private channel talk to a minister as if he were a fishwife. Most surprisingly, politicians choose to stay on these panels despite the numerous insults fired at them by their hosts. It used to be that ministers had some standing; they were respected.

COMMENTARY

Above the law What do the masked anarchists, the coastline nightclub owners and the Markopoulo quarry firms have in common? They all hold themselves above the law. And it's not just them. It's easy to see that in Greece big shots violate the law wherever and whenever they see fit. But it's hard to see why the government could not, or did not want to, do something about that. And let's put aside the big problems. After months of parliamentary committee investigations into PASOK's ammunition procurements, the case came to an ignominious close by some unknown lawyers in Switzerland. Then came the fuss over the basic shareholder law...

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