
The Greek prime minister suspended one of his aides on Tuesday after he was convicted of attempting to harbor a criminal and instigating perjury in a drug dealing case. The conviction is the latest embarrassment for Greek PM Costas Karamanlis' government. The conviction of Yiannis Kefaloyiannis, a former interior and public order minister who was first elected to parliament in the 1950s, was the latest in a series of embarrassments for the beleaguered conservative government.
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