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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

CONTENTS

[01] Grossman calls on Archbishop Demetrios

[02] Weather Forecast: Cloudy with showers on Thursday

[03] Foreign Exchange Rates - Thursday

[01] Grossman calls on Archbishop Demetrios

NEW YORK (ANA - M. Georgiadou) --

Greek Orthodox Archbishop Demetrios of America on Wednesday discussed recent global developments with US assistant secretary of state Mark Grossman in New York, an announcement by the Archdiocese said.

It said that the two men had also discussed the issue of the re-opening of the Halki School of Theology, and that Grossman had assured the Archbishop that the State Department was continuing its efforts on the issue and hoped that a solution would be found soon.

The Archbishop thanked Grossman for his "tireless efforts", and conveyed the satisfaction of Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos, the statement said.

Grossman was accompanied on his visit to Demetrios by US permanent representative to the UN John Negreponte.

[02] Weather Forecast: Cloudy with showers on Thursday

The weather will be overcast in the Ionian, on the mainland and in the northern and eastern Aegean islands, turning to light rain. Winds southerly, light to moderate, turning to east-northeasterly, moderate to strong. In the north, temperatures will range from 8C to 15C; in the west from 14C to 21C; and in the rest of the country from 15C to 21C. Cloud over Athens, turning to showers, with temperatures from 15C and 19C. Same in Thessaloniki, with temperatures from 11C to 14C.

[03] Foreign Exchange Rates - Thursday

Indicative tourist buying rates

U.S. dollar 383.986

German mark 172.829

French franc 051.531

Pound sterling 551.786

Irish punt 429.202

Belgian franc 008.379

Luxembourg franc 008.379

Dutch guilder 153.389

Italian lira (100) 017.457

Austrian schilling 024.565

Danish kroner 045.405

Swedish kroner 036.214

Finnish mark 056.852

Spanish peseta 002.032

Portuguese escudo 001.686

Japanese yen (100) 315.334

Swiss franc 229.925

Norwegian kroner 043.093

Cyprus pound 590.288

Canadian dollar 241.444

Australian dollar 200.547

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