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GREEK VOTERS REJECT PAPANDREOU'S PARTY OPPONENT HAILS DEMISE OF 'GOVERNMENT OF SCANDALS'
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ATHENS - Greek voters yesterday rejected the
scandal-plagued government of socialist Prime Minister Andreas
Papandreou while denying a majority to opposition leader
Constantine Mitsotakis.
State television said that with 55 percent of the ballots
counted, Mitsotakis' New Democracy Party was winning 45.1 percent
of the vote, with 38.6 percent going to Papandreou's Panhellenic
Socialist Movement, known as PASOK.
At stake were the 300 seats in Parliament. Definitive results...
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Sound nepotism: Greece. (Costas Karamanlis is named leader of the New Democracy party despite a lack of experience; his uncle, former prime minister Constantine Karamanlis, founded the party)(Brief Article)
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Greek prime minister claims election win
Oakland Tribune
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Old men forget: Greece. (election of Socialists prime minister Andreas Papandreou)
The Economist (US)
; IT IS, in many ways, like a journey in time, taking you back to yesterday's Greece. An-dreas Papandreou is prime minister again. The familiar faces, even older now, reappear in his government. At his first cabinet meeting he says that his Socialist party will turn back the privatisation clock to
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A big clean-up is promised; Greece's government.(Greece's prime minister makes war on corruption)
The Economist (US)
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Under attack; Greece's prime minister.(Greece's prime minister is under attack)(Brief Article)
The Economist (US)
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GEORGE W. BUSH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES GEORGE W. BUSH HOLDS MEDIA AVAILABILITY WITH THE PRIME MINISTER OF DENMARK, ANDERS FOGH RASMUSSEN
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Costas Simitis, Greece's cautious helmsman.(prime minister)(Brief Article)
The Economist (US)
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PRESIDENT BUSH MEETS WITH DANISH PRIME MINISTER RASMUSSEN
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Euro's price increases costly to prime minister.(WORLD)
The Washington Times
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