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Migrant woes mounting Almost 600 Samos immigrants go on hunger strike over transfers, expulsions The recent government policy of moving illegal immigrants to reception centers in northern Greece before expelling them from the country ran into more trouble yesterday, as 580 migrants being held on Samos went on hunger strike to protest the measure.

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Ankara playing down Rho incident

Ankara attempted yesterday to play down an incident involving the Greek coast guard and Turkish journalists off the eastern Aegean island of Rho, which had prompted concern in Athens that Turkey was attempting to ratchet up tension between the two countries.

Probe into army camp ‘homes’

The Supreme Court yesterday ordered an urgent investigation into complaints by environmental groups and local authorities that 36 residential properties are being constructed on the site of the Saketa military camp on Mount Hymettus, which is located in a zone where building is not permitted.

Siemens judge delves deeper

The magistrate leading the investigation into the Siemens cash-for-contracts scandal could be set to widen his probe to include other people who have not yet been treated as suspects, court sources said yesterday.

Number of swine flu cases surpasses 1,000

Almost 300 new cases of swine flu have been detected in Greece over the past week, taking the total number of people in the country who have contracted the potentially fatal virus to over 1,000, the Hellenic Center for Infectious Diseases Control (KEEL) said yesterday.

IN BRIEF

Alleged member of 'Gang of 16' says evidence is inadmissible : A key suspect in the so-called «Gang of 16» case, convict Vassilis Stefanakos, has challenged the admissibility of the secretly recorded telephone conversations...

Border guard caught with drugs : Two people, one of whom is a police officer, have been arrested in the Mesopotamia area near the northern city of Kastoria for alleged drug dealing...

Scouts recovering : Doctors on Crete yesterday said they are hopeful that three children injured when a driver lost control of his car earlier this week will make a full recovery...

Patricide : Police said yesterday that they were looking for a 32-year-old man suspected of stabbing his father to death at the family's home in Neo Peramo...

Makarezos dies : Nikolaos Makarezos, one of the leaders of the military coup in 1967, has died aged 90, it was confirmed yesterday...

Bus attacked : A local bus in Thessaloniki came under a hail of rocks and pieces of wood late yesterday...

Pot plots : Four people were arrested yesterday near the city of Ptolemaida, in northern Greece, for allegedly growing cannabis plants...


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Not on election alert... Culture Minister Antonis Samaras is seen leaving Maximos Mansion yesterday after a Cabinet meeting.

EDITORIAL

Let’s get real about Turkey The challenge posed by the Turkish television journalists' infringement of Greek territorial waters around the islet of Rho in order to get footage of Greek soldiers on the island on Monday, along with the ensuing statement from the Turkish Foreign Ministry and in combination with constant violations of Greek air space by Turkish air force jets flying over the Aegean are actions that simply confirm how Ankara's stance has persisted regardless of individual politicians and particular administrations, which shows that it will continue to make claims over parts of the Aegean.

EDITORIAL:AthensPlus

Right on time We Greeks love a deadline because it helps remind us there was something we were meant to do. Deadlines in Greece tend to be like speed limits on highways – most people treat them as a recommendation made in hope rather than with any belief. Yet amid this lax timekeeping, there exists in Greece an underground world that’s still a mystery to many but in which punctuality is treated as a rule, not an eccentricity.

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