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An overwhelming majority of Greeks — including a large proportion of very young children — own a mobile telephone, but Greece remains a European laggard in terms of computer and Internet use.

The 24-hour strike declared by the Hellenic Federation of Bank Employee Unions has considerably disrupted today’s bank transactions. Hospital doctors in Athens and Piraeus plan a 24-hour strike later in the week.

A priest has been shot dead outside his church in north-east Turkey. It was unclear if the shooting was connected to widespread Muslim outrage over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

Passengers using Luton Airport have been warned to expect delays after it was closed on Sunday because a jet from Germany overshot the runway.

A disgraced Soviet submarine captain has posthumously been put forward for the Nobel Peace Prize for averting a Chernobyl-style nuclear explosion at the height of the Cold War.

Two of the world's biggest email account providers are to roll out a system giving preferential treatment to companies that pay for an e-postage stamp guaranteeing delivery.

And a man in America took a look in the loft of his new home and found an old toffee jar containing a pickled baby ‘Roswell’ alien. Hm......

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