Athens News Agency: News in English, 00-09-27

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

CONTENTS

[01] Paros-Passenger Ship Sinks

[02] Soccer-Champions League-Panathinaikos

[01] Paros-Passenger Ship Sinks

The passenger ship "Express Samina" ran aground and sank near the islet of Portes off the island of Paros at approximately 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday and according to unconfirmed reports, a high ranking port officer from Paros died of a heart attack upon hearing the news while another person was also said to have died of unknown reasons.

The ship was carrying approximately 500 passengers and according to conflicting reports a number of people jumped into the sea before the ship sank.

Reports at presss time at 01:45 on Wednesday said that about 150 passengers arrived safely on the island of Paros either on lifeboats or by managing to swim ashore.

Gale force winds were prevailing in the area at the time of the accident, making rescue operations highly difficult.

A number of tug boats and trawlers rushed to the aid of the passenger ship.

Rescue operations were still in progress at press time.

The "Express Samina" had departed at 5 p.m. from Piraeus for Paros, Naxos, Ikaria, Samos and Patmos.

The vessel was reported to have sustained a crack and had tilted on one side, before eventually sinking.

[02] Soccer-Champions League-Panathinaikos

Panathinaikos Athens scored an outstanding 1-0 victory away against Hamburg SV in a Group E match for the European soccer Champions League on Tuesday night.

Georgios Nassiopoulos scored the golden goal in the 37th minute.

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