Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-06-03

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[01] Latest shooting incident along Evros River involving migrant smugglers

[02] ASE opening: Sharp rise

[03] Athens Newspaper Headlines

[01] Latest shooting incident along Evros River involving migrant smugglers

The incident occurred at the Himonio site -- Orestiada district -- along the river, which separates the land borders of Greece and Turkey in the Thrace province.

Border guards came under fire as they detained 11 illegal migrants and a Turkish man identified as a migrant smuggler. Authorities believe an accomplice of the alleged smuggler fired with an assault rifle from the opposite river bank, taking advantage of the darkness and the thick riverside brush.

A boat used to ferry the illegal from the Turkish side onto Greek territory was also confiscated.

The incident marks the second time in roughly a week that migrant smugglers operating from Turkish territory have fired on patrols along the Greek side, with a Frontex unit comprised of German personnel fired on last time.

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[02] ASE opening: Sharp rise

Individual sector indices were moving upward across the board, with the biggest gains in Financial Services, up 4.78 percent; and Banks, up 3.87 percent.

The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 2.94 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was up 1.53 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was up 1.92 percent.

Of the stocks traded, 59 were up, 7 were down, and 13 were unchanged.

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[03] Athens Newspaper Headlines

The negotiations with the EU-IMF troika, a letter to the premier by 16 MPs of his ruling PASOK party and the Indignants movement were the main front-page items in Friday's dailies.

ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "16 PASOK MPs 'rebel' against government".

AVGHI: "PASOK cracking at the seams".

AVRIANI: "They threw stones at MPs".

DIMOKRATIA: "Panic - The MAT (riot) police saved Petalotis (government spokesman)" who was trapped by protestors as he was speaking at a senior citizens' center (KAPI) in Argyroupolis.

ELEFTHEROS: "Uprising of 16 PASOK MPs against Papandreou".

ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "MPs' ultimatum to Papandreou with 3 conditions".

ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "Tax-fraud with the (illegally enclosed) semi-enclosed spaces".

ESTIA: "Taxes and more taxes without a prospect".

ETHNOS: "Turbulence at the 'last minute' before the agreement with troika".

IMERISSIA: "Green light for the new loan - EU and IMF give 65 billion euros up to 2014".

KATHIMERINI: "New Memorandum brings rifts in PASOK".

LOGOS: "The measures 'lock in' today".

NAFTEMPORIKI: "Three-year bailout agreement and parliamentary 'crack'."

NIKI: "Tempest".

RIZOSPASTIS: "Regime of modern-day slavery for the new workers".

TA NEA: "Letters of agony and outbursts of violence".

VRADYNI: "30,000 households with electricity turned off (because they couldn't pay the bill)".

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