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A young ethnic Greek...
A young ethnic Greek man takes a photograph of President Karolos Papoulias, who met yesterday in Athens with Greeks from...
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Justice now picking up the pace
The wheels of the justice system are finally starting to make some serious progress in its investigation of the Siemens bribery scandal, which involves the payment of kickbacks by the Greek branch of the Munich-based electronics giant to politicians and public officials in order to sway government procurement decisions in the company's favor.
However, this probe has taken a long time to happen. In other countries with similar cases, the preliminary investigations were immediately set in motion, those accused were remanded in custody and the trials have been under way for some time now.
It is only natural, therefore, for the Greek public to be irked by the slow pace of the country's judicial system.
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Ask not from Obama
Barack Obama's election, as is universally acknowledged, is the triumph of hope over fear, of audacity over complacency. Even before his election, some noted that his greatest obstacle as president might be the irrationally high expectations of his people and of the rest of the world. On the one hand, the disaster of the Bush years highlighted the need for restoration, for the fixing of damage; on the other, the man himself, along with his inspired rhetoric, moved people to believe in his powers far more than one could rationally expect of a 47-year-old, first-term senator.
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