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Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis has conducted his first Cabinet reshuffle, Athens mayor Dora Bakoyianni is the new Foreign Minister, the first woman to hold the post.

A Greek man has appeared before magistrates charged with abducting and killing a 20-year-old travel agent in the UK.

A probe has been launched into claims that a 15-year-old Afghan national was beaten by coast guards at the port of Patras.

In the UK, Tony Blair's controversial plan for a new law to stop people "glorifying" terrorism has been backed by MPs.

Oh, and wash your hands when you’ve been to the… supermarket – chances are, there’s more germs on a supermarket trolley than on a toilet door handle!

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