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

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[01] UN chief in Athens next week

[02] Athens Newspaper Headlines

[01] UN chief in Athens next week

According to a UN announcement, Ban will be in Athens on November 4-5 on an official visit, during which he will also meet with President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias, and prime minister and foreign minister George Papandreou, while he will further address a special session of the Hellenic Parliament.

Caption: UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon. (EPA file photo)

[02] Athens Newspaper Headlines

Tuesday's terrorist attack on a police station in the Athens northern suburb of Aghia Paraskevi in which eight rookies were injured, two of them seriously after the station was riddled with 99 bullets, and the economy were the main front-page items in Athens' dailies on Thursday.

ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "Terrorism declares war - Operation to execute young police officers at Aghia Paraskevi police station".

APOGEVMATINI: "We're turned into another Iraq - Unprecedented in savagery attempt of mass killing of police officers by brazen terrorists".

AVRIANI: "Amnesty should be given to (the convicted members of the terrorist group) 'November 17' and other armed groups - The country cannot withstand more bloodshed".

CHORA: "Urban guerrilla warfare - Bloody response to the law enforcement authorities' 'take-over' of Exarchia".

ELEFTHERI ORA: "Terrorists cause bloodshed in ELAS (Greek Police) - 100 minus 1 bullets from Kalashnikovs, with six injuries, two of them serious, at Aghia Paraskevi police station".

ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "Provocation with 100 bullets - Terror-army of 6 gunmen riddled the Aghia Paraskevi police station with bullets".

ESTIA: "Taxpayers at their limits - The increase in taxation is unallowable".

ETHNOS: "The ruthless killers in a vise - Contained optimism of imminent arrests in ELAS".

TA NEA: "Show of terror with 100 bullets - They wanted dead police officers".

VRADYNI: "100 bullets against Democracy - Unanimous condemnation of cowardly attack on Aghia Paraskevi police station".

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