Athens News Agency: News in English, 02-09-25

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

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[01] US envoy Miller gives FM Papandreou US report on Iraq's weapons

[02] Weather Forecast: Rain on Wednesday

[03] Foreign Exchange Rates - Wednesday

[01] US envoy Miller gives FM Papandreou US report on Iraq's weapons development

Foreign minister George Papandreou and US Ambassador in Athens Thomas Miller on Wednesday discussed the latest developments in the Middle East and the Iraq issue, and the American envoy gave the minister a ''text containing evidence collected by the American authoritites concering the production of weapons of mass destruction by Iraq''.

''The foreign minister today received in his office the American ambassador, and during the meeting the latest developments in the Palestinian and Iraq issues were discussed,'' foreign ministry spokesman Panos Beglitis said.

''Mr. Miller turned over to Mr. Papandreou a text with evidence collected by the American authorities on the production of weapons of mass destruction by Iraq,'' Beglitis added in a written statement.

The meeting came on the heels of British prime minister Tony Blair's released in London on Tuesday of a long-awaited 50-page report according to which Iraq was developing chemical and biological weapons, trying to acquire nuclear weapons and had extended the range of its ballistic missiles.

[02] Weather Forecast: Rain on Wednesday

Rain and storms are forecast in all parts of the country. Winds southerly, light to moderate, turning strong in parts of the Aegean. In the north, temperatures will range from 16C to 24C; in the west from 18C to 27C; and in the rest of the country from 19C to 29C. Temperatures in Athens between 22C and 27C; and in Thessaloniki from 18C to 24C.

[03] Foreign Exchange Rates - Wednesday

Reference buying rates per euro released by the European Central Bank

U.S. dollar 0.990

Pound sterling 0.636

Danish kroner 7.486

Swedish kroner 9.161

Japanese yen 121.9

Swiss franc 1.474

Norwegian kroner 7.379

Cyprus pound 0.578

Canadian dollar 1.574

Australian dollar 1.823

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