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Macedonian Press Agency: News in English, 97-11-29Macedonian 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.Last Update: 15:23 GMT+2SECTIONS
NEWS HEADLINES[A] GREECE[B] BALKANS[C] EUROPE[D] WORLDNEWS IN DETAIL[A] GREECE[01] KARAMANLIS IS ON A VISIT TO KOMOTINIWeb Posted: 15:23 GMT+2Komotini 29 November (MPA)Leader of main opposition party of New Democracy Kostas Karamanlis is on a three-day tour to Thrace, north-eastern Greece since yesterday. Mr.Karamanlis is visiting the city of Komotini today, while yesterday he visited the villages of Ehinos and Miki.Speaking to the villagers, he stressed that New Democracy believes in equality before the law, while he exercised strong criticism on the government for its economic policy. [02] TSOCHATZOPOULOS: THE GOVERNMENT WILL BLOCK NATO'S NEW STRUCTURE IF THE GREEK POSITIONS ARE REJECTEDWeb Posted: 15:23 GMT+2Athens 29 November (MPA)The government is determined to block the procedures for the new structure of NATO in case the Greek positions are not accepted, stated yesterday minister of defense Akis Tsochatzopoulos.Speaking to journalists upon his return from Peking, Mr.Tsochatzopoulos pointed out that a basic precondition is to secure Greece's equal participation in the decision making and in the defense organization's principles of operation. [B] BALKANS[03] GREECE WILL BLOCK TURKEY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE EUWeb Posted: 15:23 GMT+2Athens 29 November (MPA)Greece will block Turkey's participation in the European conference if Ankara does not recognize the international court jurisdiction for the solution of international disputes, if its threats in view of Cyprus' accession into the EU do not end and if it does not stop the violations of human rights.Last night, Mr.Simitis met in London with Greek shipowners, the Archbishop of Britain and the Conservative Party leader. [04] YILMAZ SPOKE OF A LACK OF DEMOCRACY IN TURKEYWeb Posted: 15:23 GMT+2Ankara 29 November (MPA)Turkish prime minister Mesut Yilmaz, speaking in an economic seminar in Istanbul, admitted for the first time the lack of democracy in Turkey and the violations of human rights.The Turkish prime minister added that those problems block the development of Ankara's relations with the EU because the Turkish state gives the impression that it mistreats its citizens. [C] EUROPE[05] VAN DEN BROEK WILL BE IN NICOSIA ON MONDAYWeb Posted: 15:23 GMT+2Nicosia 29 November (MPA)European Commissioner responsible for external affairs Mr.Hans van den Broek will visit Cyprus on Monday and Tuesday.Mr.van den Broek will have talks with Cypriot president Glafkos Clerides and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash. [D] WORLD[06] ONE MILLION CHILDREN ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE AIDS CARRIERSWeb Posted: 15:23 GMT+2Thessaloniki 29 November (MPA)Monday is the World Day Against AIDS and according to official data, about one million children all over the world are carriers of the deadly virus.Until the end of 1996, 14 million people tested HIV positive in south Sahara in Africa, corresponding to 63% of the total population infected worldwide. The UN Department on AIDS, UNAIDS, estimates that at a world level there are 23 million people with HIV and 40% of them are women. It is also estimated that by the end of 1997, about 1 million children under the age of 15 will test HIV positive and 90% of them will be in developing countries. [07] NEW EVIDENCE CAME TO LIGHT ON CHRISTINA ONASIS' DEATHWeb Posted: 15:23 GMT+2Athens 29 November (MPA)New shocking evidence came to light 9 years after Christina Onasis' death. According to the Athens daily "TA NEA", official findings issued by the judicial and police authorities, that held the investigation on the conditions of her death in Argentina, reject the possibility of a suicide and do not rule out the likelihood of a criminal act.The newspaper maintains that both findings, the first one issued in 1989 and the other one 19 months later, are unable to explain what caused the inflammation of the lungs that killed Christina Onasis. Also, it mentions that a basic omission was the transportation of her body to a Buenos Aires clinic, while doctors were confirming Christina's death at her villa. Complete archives of the Macedonian Press Agency bulletins are available on the MPA Home Page at http://www.mpa.gr/ and on the U.S. mirror at http://www.hri.org/MPA/Macedonian Press Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |