The Greek Gods

Crisis may spread, PM warns US

Commencing an official visit to Washington after high-level meetings in Berlin and Paris, Prime Minister George Papandreou said yesterday that the current economic crisis engulfing Greece, and the eurozone, also posed a threat to the US and stressed the n... ...

A yellow smog of desert dust engulfs the capital

The normally spectacular view of the Acropolis from Mount Lycabettus was yesterday distinctly muted after a yellow-tinted smog engulfed the capital. Meteorologists blamed the smog on Sahara Desert dust that has been blowing in the direction of the eastern... ...

Internal disquiet unsettles PASOK

PASOK's parliamentary spokesman Christos Papoutsis has been warned about his conduct, sources said yesterday, as the ruling center-left party struggles to contain internal unrest over its austerity measures. Papoutsis made an unprecedented verbal attack o... ...

Metro and electric railway in tandem

Commuters could soon be enjoying a smoother-running Athens metro system after the government announced yesterday that the subway's operating company, AMEL, and the public firm that runs the Kifissia-Piraeus electric railway (ISAP) will merge at an adminis... ...

Crackdown on cellphone scam

Police yesterday heralded a crackdown on companies believed to have swindled hundreds of millions of euros from mobile phone owners by sending them text messages which cost 2 euros each to open. Electronic crime squad officers said at least eight companie... ...

U.S.: Pennsylvania 'Jihad Jane' tried to recruit terrorists

A Pennsylvania woman has been indicted for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and kill a person in a foreign country, the Justice Department said.

Jury urges death for 'Bachelor No. 1'

A California jury recommended Tuesday that a man who once appeared on "The Dating Game" be executed for the murders of four women and a child.

Ex-doc sentenced for wife's poisoning

A former Ohio doctor was sentenced to life in prison for poisoning his wife with cyanide five years ago. The judge lamented that she could not hand down a stiffer sentence.

Missing executive's body found in river

The body of a missing energy executive was pulled from the Mississippi River in New Orleans on Tuesday, four days after he disappeared, police said.

Police: Ohio State shooter killed himself

A gunman apparently angry over a poor evaluation entered an Ohio State University maintenance building today, killing a manager and then himself, police said.