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Deadline for university sit-in
 Lecturers’ union leader backs senate as possibility grows of police intervention on Thessaloniki campus

Protesters occupying the administrative offices of Thessaloniki's Aristotle University must end their sit-in today or face order being removed «by all legal means,» as the university senate warned last Friday.
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Police accused of rights violations
A new report by Amnesty International accuses the Greek police of serious human rights violations and calls on the government to set up a committee...
New hope for refugee homes
The much-maligned but seemingly indestructible complex of apartment blocks for Asia Minor refugees in Ambelokipi...
Greek vessel stops pirates
A gang of seven Somalian pirates were in detention yesterday after the crew of a Hellenic Navy frigate thwarted their attempt to hijack...
Paris hopes Greeks will be a towering success
More than 30 Greeks are due today to begin the massive task of giving the Eiffel Tower in Paris...
IN BRIEF
Banks, boat showroom and politicians' offices set on fire : The offices of four politicians in Thessalonki were attacked by arsonists yesterday evening...
CO2 output down by 500 tons : The high level of participation by Greeks in Earth Hour on Saturday evening...
Ministers' talks : Government spokesman Evangelos Antonaros yesterday played down a meeting...
Voting abroad : Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos said yesterday...
Kyriakou sentence : An appeals court in Nafplion yesterday reduced to 28 months the four-year prison sentence...
Counterfeit cigarettes : Police in Korydallos, near Piraeus, said yesterday that they had broken a cigarette-smuggling ring...

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Textile workers pitch tents outside ministry
 Pedestrians walk past discarded spools of yarn and tents...
EDITORIAL
Punishing the greed of bankers
 The decision by Greece's Development Ministry yesterday to impose a hefty fine on Citibank for having misled its customers is most certainly a welcome move. The bank was found to have been selling non-guaranteed financial products of Lehman Brothers as 100 percent capital-guaranteed. Regrettably, it has transpired that in many cases Greek and foreign banks chose to withhold crucial information when selling high-risk products to their frequently unsuspecting customers.
EDITORIAL:AthensPlus
Power to the people
 The issue of renewable energy in Greece has run into the same set of obstacles that prevent the country from solving old problems and from preparing for the challenges of the future: intractable bureaucracy, government indifference and public suspicion. Greece, with its abundant sun, wind and water power, could be a leader in the use of clean, renewable energy. Instead, it is the most heavily dependant on oil and gas imports of all EU member states.
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