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Macedonian Press Agency: News in English, 2002-08-30Macedonian Press Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Macedonian Press Agency at http://www.mpa.gr and http://www.hri.org/MPA.MACEDONIAN PRESS AGENCY Thessaloniki, August 30, 2002 SECTIONS
NEWS HEADLINES[A] NATIONAL NEWS[B] INTERNATIONAL NEWS[A] NATIONAL NEWSTselentis named Dimitris Koufontinas and Christodoulos Xeros as Momferatos' shooters, the story Christodoulos Xeros followed in his testimony. Furthermore, he pointed out that the code names of the organization's members changed since then. Dimitris Koufontinas took up the name "Lucas" instead of "Thomas", Nikos Papanastasiou became "Nikitas" instead of "Takis", Alexandros Giotopoulos changed t o "Lambros" from "Petros". Patroclos Tselentis changed his own name from "Pavlos" to "Alekos" and then to "Tenia" (the film). Patroklos Tselentis supported that Dimitris Koufontinas murdered officer Christos Matis. He also added that during the robbery they had no intention of killing him, but did so, as Koufontinas said, because he did not "freeze" as he was told to. According to today's publication of the "Ta Nea" newspaper, what interests the authorities today, is the "mapping" of the underground paths used by Greece's leading armed terrorist groups. They believe that this way they will be able to complete the pict ure they have of N17 and ELA, as well as the shady dealings that went on with terrorist groups in Greece. Most police and judicial authorities overseeing the questionings and Greek Police high officials, believe that "the most representative expressers of the first and second generation of armed groups in Greece, not only kept in touch with each other, but were at some points "fellow-travelers". According to the newspaper, from the evidence concentrated by the counter terrorism service, it is appreciated that Alexandros Giotopoulos and Christos Tsoutsouvis must have come into contact after Tsoutsouvis departed from ELA. It was the post-Kassimis era for ELA, a period during which the "descendants" of ELA's founder were arguing in the framework of the Revolutionary Council, concerning the new strategy to be followed at the dawn of the next decade. Tsoutsouvis was a real hard-liner who demanded that ELA be finished with firecrackers, and move on to more serious actions, and was approached, "through common friends", by N17. His "clear views" and dynamic personality in the closed circle of armed grou ps, quickly brought him to the core of N17. After a very short time in the organization, he would participate in one of the organization's most important murders: The execution of officers Pantelis Petrou and Sotiris Stamoulis, in Pagrati, on January 16, 1980. This report is related to one of the 386 keys found in the hideout of the Anti-state Struggle in 1986. After investigations, it was revealed that the tag attached to the key and the notes concerning N17's getaway plan in the Petrou-Stamoulis murder, had both been written by Christos Tsoutsouvis. There are also suspicions that he was connected to the Wells murder, since authorities support that another one of the keys found in Tsoutsouvis' organization's hideout, unlocked the door of the car used in the Wells murder. This pushes the connection be tween ELA and N17 back to 1975. Thirty-year-old Amina Laual is a Muslim and she was sentenced to death by stoning on March 22, 2002. The ruling was issued by a court in the city of Bakori in the state of Katsina in northern Nigeria which implements the new penal law, based on the Shari a, the Islamic Law. This law is in effect only for Muslim citizens. Amina has allegedly confessed that she had a child while being divorced. Based on the new law, pregnancy outside the marriage constitutes adequate evidence to find a woman guilty of adultery. Based on the initial examination, it is an American-made training rocket. According to authorities, the individual who had it in its possession wanted to get rid of it because of the intensification of the investigations on terrorism. In a meeting of 55 Consumer Associations' representatives, it was decided that the mobilization should include a consumer boycott. It will serve as a warning, while in addition, electric switches will be turned off in a symbolic way and telephone calls w ill not be made for 2 minutes at 10pm on September 3. Of the stocks trading today, 119 recorded gains and 178 had losses, while the value of 111 stocks remained unchanged. [B] INTERNATIONAL NEWSThe two-day conference is taking place within the framework of the Summit Meeting on Sustainable Development that is being held in the South African city under the auspices of the UN and will be completed on September 4. In the contacts he had, Mr. Tziolas referred to the globalized economy and the new quantitative and qualitative reality it creates. He stressed the need for a broader social dialogue with the participation of the society of citizens and all political and social forces in view of the new Inter-Parliamentary Conference in 2004. He also stated that the dialogue should not be exhausted on issues of procedure and institutions but it should concern the core and the prospects of the European unification. On the problem of unemployment, Mr. Tziolas stated that a solution must be found taking under consideration the positions of employers and employees. Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Papandreou told the Greek reporters that an agreement has been reached according to which, the EU states should adopt a common position on agriculture in the extraordinary Summit Meeting in Brussels on October 30. The list of the 10 new EU member-states should also be announced on that date. The 15 EU Foreign Ministers also discussed the issue of the imminent elections in Slovakia and the Irish referendum for the ratification of the Nice Treaty. It was also stressed that it should be pointed out to the European societies that the EU enlargem ent is a process of peace because it creates a momentum that boosts stability in the region, said Mr. Papandreou. In their next meeting, the 15 EU Foreign Ministers will discuss the prospects for the candidatures of Bulgaria and Romania and the problem created by the US demand regarding the jurisdiction of the International Penal Court. Macedonian Press Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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