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No word on missing 9 Greek aid to stricken SE Asia increases amid fears others could be at peril Efforts were still being made by the government yesterday to track down the nine Greek tourists that have been officially declared missing in the tsunami disaster zone in Southeast Asia, while officials refused to deny claims that the actual number could be higher. As the official death toll from the tsunamis that hit coastal areas around the Indian Ocean, following Sunday's major earthquake off Indonesia...

FRONT PAGE NEWS

TO OUR READERS : Due to the New Year’s holiday, Kathimerini English Edition and the International Herald Tribune will not be published tomorrow. We will be back on Monday, January 3. We wish our readers a Happy New Year.

Euro’s rise threatens Greece’s exports

The strong euro has proved something of a double-edged sword for the Greek economy...

Media law sparks gov’t dissent

The first serious rift within the government's ranks appeared to widen yesterday as aides to Environment and Public Works Minister Giorgos Souflias amplified his concerns...

Household debt keeps expanding

The debt burden of Greek households has risen by a factor of five since 1998 and keeps growing, according to the latest figures published by the Bank of Greece yesterday.

Corinth link to suburban rail

The first part of a project to extend the suburban railway, built for the Athens Olympics, will be completed in May, rail officials told Kathimerini yesterday.

Cyprus police crack whip over kiosk porn

NICOSIA (AFP) - Cypriot police have confiscated thousands of pornographic magazines, videos and DVDs in a campaign to stamp out the public display of explicit sexual material in shops, authorities said yesterday.

IN BRIEF

Buses, trolleys, metro, electric railway to stop running an hour earlier tonight : Buses, trolleys and the metro will stop running at 11 p.m. today...

Concert from 11 p.m. at Kotzia Square, lavish firework display at midnight : The capital's official New Year's celebrations kick off at 11 p.m. today...

Greece relative 'paradise' for Christians : At a time when most of Christian Europe is in spiritual decline...

Presidential distinctions : President Costis Stephanopoulos yesterday awarded honorary distinctions...

Armed robbery : Two armed robbers yesterday netted 23,000 euros in a supermarket...

Cyprus warning : Cyprus will not enter negotiations regarding Turkey's accession to the European Union...

Aluminium purchase : Greek metals group Mytilineos Holdings yesterday said it will buy 53 percent in Aluminium...

Road accidents : There were 1,290 accidents on Greek roads last October...

Afghan protest : A protest march by members of Greece's Afghan community scheduled...


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EDITORIAL

No, minister Suggestions by sources close to Giorgos Souflias that the public works minister is opposed to the new draft law intended to block media barons from state procurements constitute an act of political folly, both in terms of substance as well as timing. Rarely has a senior minister been at odds with the government of which he is a member - especially on one of its priorities. The government's «major shareholder» bill is the legal product of a clear pre-election pledge made by the ruling party...

COMMENTARY

The pipeline game The movement of oil from the Caspian Sea and Central Asia to the West has been the long-running subject of a geoeconomic and geopolitical game. The US wants to bypass Russia, subsidizing the construction of pipelines that will run through Turkey and Georgia. Except for the Baku-Ceyhan pipeline, which carries Azeri oil straight to the eastern Mediterranean, most of the Russian and Kazakh oil is transported across the Black Sea. The question is how to reach the Mediterranean given the tanker restrictions at the Bosporus Strait.

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