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Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-01-16Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] German authorities: Arrested woman not linked with RAF fugitive (Adds)(ANA-MPA) -- German authorities on Sunday reportedly confirmed that a 27-year-old German woman, arrested days ago in Athens during an urban terrorism-related sweep, is not related to 1990s fugitive Barbara Meyer, a one-time cadre in the German terrorist gang "Red Army Faction".According to reports, German officials said the detained 27-year-old's mother has no relation whatsoever to Meyer. The RAF-linked Meyer was born in 1956, while the mother of the woman arrested in the Perissos district of Athens was born in 1958. The latter also lives permanently in Greece with another two sons, while the woman's father is permanently employed at a Berlin penitentiary as a musicologist. In a statement issued on Sunday, the woman's mother lambasted the arrest, charging that it was due to the fact that she, the mother, shares the same name with the RAF fugitive, i.e. "Barbara Meyer". (ANA-MPA) She also issued a stinging condemnation over the way certain media outlets reported her daughter's arrest, calling for "certain reporters to be led before justice". Beyond the now defunct RAF connection, Greek anti-terrorism authorities said they are focusing on the 27-year-old woman's links with four suspects arrested last week for a previous bomb attack against a power company worksite in the northern city of Thessaloniki. More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form [02] Poll on Evros fence(ANA-MPA) -- Three opinion polls appearing in Sunday newspapers indicated that a significant proportion of the public -- as measured by respondents' answers -- favours the construction of a fence along a section of Greece's border with Turkey in Evros prefecture.Polls also continued to give ruling PASOK a lead over main opposition ND, while pointing to widespread pessimism for 2011. According to a MARC opinion poll published in the Sunday edition of "Ethnos" newspaper, a whopping 80.3 percent of respondents agree with the construction of the fence in northern Evros -- facing the 12.5-kilometre stretch of land west of the Evros River -- while nine in 10 respondents identifying themselves as PASOK and ND supporters believe that a "sweep operation" should be made in central Athens to detain illegal immigrants. (ANA-MPA) Caption: A file photo dated 03 October 2005 shows Spanish border guards patrolling a double border fence separating Morocco from the Spanish North African site of Ceuta on Monday. The Greek government is reportedly basing the design and concept of the Evros fence on the Ceuta model. ANA-MPA/EPA/KHALIL SHIKAKI More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form [03] League leaders win(ANA-MPA) -- Olympiacos Piraeus downed a tough Panserraikos Serres team 4-2 at home on Saturday to retain its lead in the Greek Super League standings over the weekend. Second-place Panathinaikos Athens won by the same score on Sunday at home against Kavala, while and AEK Athens trounced Asteras Tripolis 3-0 away on Sunday.In other action: Atromitos Athens-Kerkyra 4-2 Olympiacos Volos-PAOK Thessaloniki 0-3 Larissa-Iraklis Thessaloniki 2-1 Aris Thessaloniki-Panionios Athens 0-2 Xanthi-Ergotelis Crete 0-1 Standings after 18 weeks of play: 1. Olympiacos Piraeus 45 points 2. Panathinaikos 40 3. PAOK 33 AEK 33 5. Kavala 24 Ergotelis Xanthi 24 8. Aris 23 9. Olympiacos Volos 22 Iraklis 22 Atromitos 22 12. Kerkyra 20 13. Asteras Tripolis 19 Panionios 19 15. Panserraikos 16 16. Larissa 14 More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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