Athens News Agency: News in English, 01-11-28

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

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[01] Athens trolley bus workers to hold work stoppage on Thursday

[02] Weather Forecast: Cloud, rain on Wednesday

[03] U.S. propose implementation of Olympic Truce at Winter Games

[01] Athens trolley bus workers to hold work stoppage on Thursday

The employee union of Athens' trolley bus service HLPAP has called a four-hour work stoppage on Thursday from 11:00 to 15:00.

The announcement stressed that the work stoppage would not take place on Wednesday, as previously reported by the media.

[02] Weather Forecast: Cloud, rain on Wednesday

Cloud is forecast in most parts of the country on Wednesday, turning to showers and storms in the west, the Cyclades, Crete and the Dodecanese islands. Winds south-southeasterly, moderate, and strong at sea. In the north, temperatures will range from 1C to 15C; on the rest of the mainland from 4C to 18C; and in the islands from 8C to 19C. Light cloud in Athens with rain overnight and temperatures between 8C and 18C. Rain and storms in Thessaloniki from the evening, with temperatures from 4C to 15C.

[03] U.S. propose implementation of Olympic Truce at Winter Games

The United States have proposed the implementation of the Olympic Truce during the Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City from February 8-24, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge said following a meeting he had with U.S. President George W. Bush at the White House on Tuesday, according to an AFP dispatch from Washington.

Rogge and Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou, who initiated the idea of an Olympic Truce, participated in a meeting of the International Olympic Truce Centre's Executive Committee at the IOC's facilities in Lausanne on Monday.

Rogge had told reporters that the Olympic Truce was to be among the top issues on the agenda of his talks with the American president.

The IOC president said on Monday that a draft resolution on the Olympic Truce has already been tabled at the United Nations and that he hoped it will be ratified on December 11.

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