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Athens News Agency: News in English, 01-08-12Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Weather Forecast: Overcast, possible showers, on Monday12/08/2001 19:05:38Unsettled weather with possible showers or storms is forecast for northeast Greece and the northern Aegean on Monday, while sunshine in the rest of the country will give way to cloud and brief showers in the afternoon. Winds northerly, moderate to strong and very strong in the Aegean. In the west and the north, temperatures will range from 20C to 32C; on the rest of the mainland from 22C to 35C; and in the Aegean islands from 24C to 33C. Cloudy in Athens from the afternoon with possible showers in the north and temperatures between 24C and 34C. Cloud and possibly rain in Thessaloniki, with strong to very strong north northwest winds and temperatures from 22C to 32C. [02] Man dies because of protest at municipality merger12/08/2001 18:13:08A man from Crete died in hospital on Sunday as a result of burns sustained while trying to restrain another from self-immolating over the merger of his village municipality. Emmanuel Lasithiotakis, 55, father of two, was injured during an incident in the village of Vrahasi on July 3, when local inhabitants turned out to protest against the administrative union of their village and that of Neapolis. The protestors had attacked a convoy of garbage trucks from Neapolis that arrived with a police escort to collect the village's rubbish. During the melee, 75-year-old Costas Platakis had doused himself with alcohol and set fire to himself. Rushing to Platakis' aid, Lasithiotakis was himself seriously burned and had been hospitalised since that time. A funeral for Lasithiotakis was held at 5:00 p.m. [03] Fatos Nano in Athens hospital for surgery following accident12/08/2001 16:46:29Albania's Socialist Party leader Fatos Nano was admitted to an Athens hospital for emergency surgery on Sunday after being injured in a traffic accident in Tepelene, Albania. According to an announcement by his doctors on Sunday afternoon, Nano is expected to make a full recovery and will most likely be released from hospital in two days time. Nano underwent plastic micro-surgery at the Athens Medical Centre on the fingers of his right hand, carried out by a hospital team specialising in hand surgery. [04] Fillipoi fire and another 127 blazes in Greece under control12/08/2001 16:21:26A wildfire that broke out in the Fillipoi municipality in Kavala was now under partial control, the fire department announced on Sunday morning. Two fire-fighting aircraft, two helicopters and ground crews had been sent out to battle the blaze. The fire department said that all 127 fires reported throughout the country from Saturday to Sunday morning were in farmland or forest and all were under control. [05] Police suspect murder in case of hanged Turkish clinic patient12/08/2001 15:27:14A Turkish man found hanged from the balcony of a Haidari clinic may well have been murdered, a police coroner said on Sunday. Ibrahim Dokan, 28, was found early on Saturday morning and had been hanged with a three-metre electrical cord taken from a freezer in the clinic's basement, while his hands were tied behind his back with white bandages. [06] Weather - Sunday12/08/2001 14:51:05Mostly sunny skies and scorching heat are again forecast for most of the country on Sunday, with a chance of sporadic showers in central and northern Greece. Northerly winds in the Aegean, strong to very strong at times. Temperatures between 22C and 32C in the north, 24C to 39C in the rest of the mainland, and up to 35C on the islands. Sunny in Athens, turning cloudy by afternoon, 27C to 39C. A chance of thunderstorms in Thessaloniki, 25C to 32C. [07] Foreign exchange rates - Monday12/08/2001 14:49:41Indicative buying rates U.S. dollar 378.274 German mark 172.829 French franc 051.531 Pound sterling 539.195 Irish punt 429.202 Belgian franc 008.379 Luxembourg franc 008.379 Dutch guilder 153.389 Italian lira (100) 017.457 Austrian schilling 024.565 Danish kroner 45.420 Swedish kroner 36.823 Finnish mark 056.852 Spanish peseta 002.032 Portuguese escudo 001.686 Japanese yen (100) 309.238 Swiss franc 223.603 Norwegian kroner 042.174 Cyprus pound 589.339 Canadian dollar 245.073 Australian dollar 195.026 Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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