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PASOK nominates Papandreou Sole candidate to lead party in tomorrow’s election; lower taxes in policy platform for 2004-2008

The ruling PASOK party yesterday named George Papandreou as the sole candidate for the party leadership ahead of an unprecedented popular vote that will take place tomorrow.
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Denktash bemoans ‘cruel’ deal
Turkish-Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash yesterday reluctantly accepted an invitation from UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for new peace talks next week. Meanwhile, Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos is to visit Athens for consultations on Monday, on the eve of the New York talks.
Firms pay for health data leak
Greece's privacy watchdog has fined a private clinic for passing on data on one of its patients without her permission to the woman's insurance company - which promptly canceled her health policy. In addition to the 30,000-euro fine on the clinic, the Authority for the Protection of Personal Data (APPD) fined the insurance company 20,000 euros in a decision made public yesterday.
Bridge suffers storm setback
Crucial parts of the new bridge under construction between the Peloponnese and the western mainland at Rio have been lost at sea en route to the work site, wiping out the five-week lead contractors had in the initial project schedule, a report said yesterday.
Hymettus landslide shuts down Katehaki
A vital stretch of the eastern Athens ring road was shut to traffic yesterday morning due to a landslide on the slopes of Mount Hymettus. The section of Katehaki Avenue near the Saketas military camp on the outskirts of Vyronas, eastern Athens, reopened four hours after the 8.30 a.m. landslide, which left rocks and earth strewn over the right-hand lane for northern-bound traffic.
IN BRIEF
Simitis, Karamanlis send Putin condolences after terrorist attack : Prime Minister Costas Simitis sent a telegram to Russian President Vladimir Putin expressing his condolences...
Police fight hundreds watching southern Athens contest, no arrests : Riot police clashed with hundreds of youths at the junction of Vouliagmenis and Alimou Avenues...
Olympic security exercise starts : More than 1,000 police, coast guard and fire brigade officers yesterday participated in the first day of a three-day pre-Olympics security exercise...
Unholy alliance : A ring of burglars stole money and valuables from at least 12 churches in the northern suburbs of Attica...
Roadworks : There will be traffic disruptions on central Tritis Septemvriou Street until the end of March...
Conscript death : A 21-year-old conscript, serving on the island of Symi near Rhodes, died just before midnight on Thursday...
Pedestrian rights : The problems faced by pedestrians in Athens are to be discussed at noon on Monday at the offices of the Technical Chamber of Greece...
Salonica protest : Residents of four Thessaloniki municipalities are today to begin an indefinite blockade of the Hortiatis TV and radio transmission installations...
Worker dies : A Pakistani worker was fatally injured yesterday after falling from the attic...
Road pileup : Two fuel-laden tanker trucks and a lorry were yesterday involved in a pileup...


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Party to slip past vote ban
EDITORIAL
Election hoopla
The recent ruling by the state privacy watchdog that the procedure for the election of PASOK's new chairman would violate the Constitution added a legal constraint to the institutional and political objections which have already been raised. No doubt Sunday's election hoopla aims to serve PASOK's public relations strategy in the runup to the general election. Even so, there are limits that must be respected.
COMMENTARY
Ends justify means
The controversial land development amendment presented by former Deputy Economy Minister Christos Pachtas and its fallout were the outcome of a procedure that was pushed through Parliament in violation of institutional and parliamentary rules and principles. The signatures of deputies were forged; the amendment was drafted in the offices of a private company: The whole case was the product of behind-the-scenes negotiations beyond democratic control. Had parliamentary procedures been adhered to, the amendment would have never reached Parliament, nor thrown the ruling party into crisis. The leadership switch within the ruling Socialists - a decision made behind closed doors due to pressure from grim election forecasts - raises a number of concerns.
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