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Athens News Agency: News in English, 03-10-11

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

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  • [01] Athens Olympic venues are user-friendly for the disabled, expert says
  • [02] Weather Forecast: Sunny on Sunday
  • [03] Foreign Exchange Rates: Monday

  • [01] Athens Olympic venues are user-friendly for the disabled, expert says

    11/10/2003 18:39:57

    Olympics competition venues in Athens are user-friendly for people with disabilities and mobility difficulties, the physiotherapy manager for the Sydney Paralympics, Mark Brown, said on Saturday.

    Addressing a world Olympic congress on sports sciences in Athens, Brown called for improvements to be made in the Greek capital, especially in public transport.

    ?Yesterday I visited all the Olympic venues and I would say that there will be extremely good accessibility for people with mobility difficulties,'' he told conference delegates.

    ''There are wide ramps and open spaces, and I was pleased to see that the organisers are taking the issue of mobility very seriously. People with mobility difficulties have also told me that accessibility on the new metro is very good," Brown said.

    He added that new buses being purchased before the 2004 games must have special mechanisms installed to ease boarding the vehicles.

    More than a thousand experts scientists from Greece and abroad took part in the congress, which ended on Saturday.

    [02] Weather Forecast: Sunny on Sunday

    11/10/2003 16:50:51

    All parts of the country will be sunny. Winds northerly, light to moderate. In the north, temperatures will range from 7C to 24C; on the rest of the mainland from 10C to 27C; and in the Aegean islands from 15C to 26C. Temperatures in Athens between 13C and 26C; and in Thessaloniki from 8C to 23C.

    [03] Foreign Exchange Rates: Monday

    11/10/2003 16:11:07

    Reference buying rates per euro released by the European Central Bank

    U.S. dollar 1.188

    Pound sterling 0.714

    Danish kroner 7.488

    Swedish kroner 9.074

    Japanese yen 128.8

    Swiss franc 1.562

    Norwegian kroner 8.292

    Cyprus pound 0.589

    Canadian dollar 1.580

    Australian dollar 1.719


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