Athens News Agency: News in English, 01-12-07

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

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[01] Bank robbery in Crete, 35 million dr. stolen

[02] Weather Forecast: Showery on Friday

[03] Foreign Exchange Rates - Friday

[01] Bank robbery in Crete, 35 million dr. stolen

Two hooded gunmen held up an Alpha Bank branch outside Hania, on the island of Crete, early Friday and made away with an estimated 35 million drachma, police said.

They said the two hooded men entered the Alpha branch in Platania, Hania at 8:10 a.m. and, immobilising customers and employees at gunpoint, grabbed 35 million drachma before speeding away on a motorcycle, which police believe was stolen.

Eyewitnesses said that at the time of the hold-up there were one customer, two employees and the branch manager inside the bank. They said the robbers locked up the manager one of the employees in a separate room and forced the remaining teller to hand over the money.

[02] Weather Forecast: Showery on Friday

Showers are forecast in most parts of the country on Friday with snow on high ground and storms at sea. Winds variable, moderate to very strong, turning gale force in the Aegean. In the north, temperatures will range from -2C to 6C; in the west from 0C to 13C; and in the rest of the country from 2C to 12C. Showers in Athens with snow on Mount Parnes. Temperatures between 5C and 9C. Cloudy in Thessaloniki with temperatures from 2C to 5C.

[03] Foreign Exchange Rates - Friday

Indicative tourist buying rates

U.S. dollar 380.258

German mark 172.829

French franc 051.531

Pound sterling 540.366

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 045.400

Swedish kroner 036.106

Finnish mark 056.852

Spanish peseta 002.032

Portuguese escudo 001.686

Japanese yen (100) 305.304

Swiss franc 229.306

Norwegian kroner 042.380

Cyprus pound 588.088

Canadian dollar 241.906

Australian dollar 196.794

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