Athens News Agency: News in English, 01-11-09

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

CONTENTS

[01] Weather Forecast: Overcast, rainy on Friday

[02] Foreign Exchange Rates - Friday

[01] Weather Forecast: Overcast, rainy on Friday

The weather will be cloudy throughout the country on Friday, with showers in Crete, the eastern Aegean islands and Dodecanese islands, turning to brief storms in the southeast. The west will see showers, mainly in the northwest, where storms may also break out. Winds south-southwesterly, light to moderate, turning strong at sea. In the north, temperatures will range from 8C to 20C; in the west from 11C to 22C; and in the rest of the country from 10C to 24C. Cloud over Athens with temperatures from 14C and 23C. Same in Thessaloniki, with temperatures from 10C to 20C.

[02] Foreign Exchange Rates - Friday

Indicative tourist buying rates

U.S. dollar 376.769

German mark 172.829

French franc 051.531

Pound sterling 551.607

Irish punt 429.202

Belgian franc 008.379

Luxembourg franc 008.379

Dutch guilder 153.389

Italian lira (100) 017.457

Austrian schilling 024.565

Danish kroner 045.372

Swedish kroner 035.036

Finnish mark 056.852

Spanish peseta 002.032

Portuguese escudo 001.686

Japanese yen (100) 312.270

Swiss franc 230.283

Norwegian kroner 042.831

Cyprus pound 588.799

Canadian dollar 235.976

Australian dollar 193.883

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