Word: papandreou
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Reasonable people expected that Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou would suffer heavier losses. He had campaigned for the June 18 parliamentary elections amid a series of scandals linking some members of his government to huge embezzlement, fraud, payoffs and illegal arms deals. On top of that, there was his public romance with Dimitra Liani, a former airline flight attendant half his age. But Papandreou's Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) slid only far enough to lose its majority. And since no other party won more than half the seats, Papandreou, who was hospitalized in serious condition last week with lung, heart...
...Athens the Prime Minister fought back by accusing his political and "foreign" opponents of conspiring to overthrow him. Looking drawn and nervous, Papandreou defended himself in a 15-minute televised address to the nation. He dismissed Koskotas' "despicable allegations" as part of an "unprecedented political conspiracy" aimed at destroying "Papandreou, the government, democracy and the independence of the country" to restore a "regime of dependence and subjugation." In fact, declared Papandreou, "not a trace of the mud flying from all sides touches me." He went on to claim that he had spared no effort in making the "truth shine." Finally...
...Papandreou's staunch denial of wrongdoing did not prevent rival politicians from calling for his resignation. "He is becoming a laughingstock with his repeated theories about plots," said Constantine Mitsotakis, head of the conservative New Democracy Party. Two members of the Prime Minister's own PASOK party, both former ministers, also called on Papandreou to step aside -- so far the only signs of internal revolt...
...opposition parties planned mass street rallies to force Papandreou's resignation, Parliament was debating a motion of no confidence that would bring about new elections. But most political observers predicted that Papandreou would weather the vote, set for early this week. His political fate is not likely to be settled until Greece holds scheduled elections in June, and the outlook for the beleaguered Prime Minister then is considerably more problematic...
Baker and Shevardnadze meet in Vienna with foreign ministers from 33 other nations and kick off a parley to redraft Europe's military map. -- Greece's embattled Papandreou fights back against an accuser. -- A journey into the heart of El Salvador's guerrilla war. -- American journalist Terry Anderson begins his fifth year of captivity in Beirut: a look at his tragic ordeal...