Difference between revisions of "2009"

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January 5: 21-year old Police officer, Diamantis Matzounis, is fired upon with Kalashnikov rifles, outside the Ministry of Culture, and is injured as assaults against policemen continue since the shooting death of teenager, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, on December 6, 2008. A caller to a Greek television station claimed responsibility for the shooting in the name of a local far-left group Revolutionary Struggle which figures on the European Union's list of terrorist organizations.
January 7: Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis carries out a sweeping reshuffle of his Cabinet as his party struggles to retain its razor-thin control of parliament amid a string of scandals and the worst civil unrest the country has seen in decades.
January 12: Greek shipowner, Pericles Panagopoulos, is kidnapped by three armed men on his way to work in the plush seaside Athens suburb of Kavouri
January 14: Police said that the Greek militant group Revolutionary Struggle sent a statement to the weekly Pontiki newspaper saying it carried out a Dec. 23 shooting attack on a riot police bus and a separate Jan. 5 shooting at police in which one officer was seriously wounded.

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 *[[January 7]]: Prime Minister [[Costas Karamanlis]] carries out a sweeping reshuffle of his Cabinet as [[New Democracy|his party]] struggles to retain its razor-thin control of [[Hellenic Parliament|parliament]] amid a string of scandals and the worst civil unrest the country has seen in decades.
 *[[January 12]]: Greek shipowner, [[Pericles Panagopoulos]], is kidnapped by three armed men on his way to work in the plush seaside [[Athens]] suburb of [[Kavouri, Athens|Kavouri]]
-*[[January 14]]: Police said Wednesday that the Greek militant group [[Revolutionary Struggle]] sent a statement to the weekly [[Pontiki]] newspaper saying it carried out a [[2008#December|Dec. 23 shooting attack]] on a riot police bus and a separate Jan. 5 shooting at police in which one officer was seriously wounded.
+*[[January 14]]: Police said that the Greek militant group [[Revolutionary Struggle]] sent a statement to the weekly [[Pontiki]] newspaper saying it carried out a [[2008#December|Dec. 23 shooting attack]] on a riot police bus and a separate Jan. 5 shooting at police in which one officer was seriously wounded.
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