Athens News Agency: News in English, 00-09-29

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

CONTENTS

[01] Ferry runs aground-Passengers safe

[02] Shipwreck-Toll rises

[03] Soccer-UEFA Cup-Results

[01] Ferry runs aground-Passengers safe

A ferry ran aground in shallows off the eastern Aegean island of Naxos in gale winds late Thursday, just 48 hours after another ferry belonging to the same company scraped a rocky outcropping off nearby Paros island in a gale and sank, killing at least 69 people. All 1,086 passengers and crew members of the "Express Artemis" were safe, Naxos port officials said Friday.

[02] Shipwreck-Toll rises

The death toll from the "Express Samina" ferry disaster off the eastern Aegean island of Paros reached 69 Friday, with persons still missing, after four more bodies were spotted near the shipwreck site and a fourth was spotted early in the morning, Harbour Athority sources said.

The "Express Samina", owned by Minoan Flying Dolphin subsidiary Hellas Ferries, sank late Tuesday after it scraped a rocky outcropping some two nautical miles off Paros in stormy seas, developed a sharp list and rapidly took on water.

[03] Soccer-UEFA Cup-Results

All four Greek soccer teams qualified for the second round of the UEFA Cup following first round, second leg matches played on Thursday.

AEK Athens beat Vasaas Budapest 2-0 at home after drawing 2-2 away.

Iraklis Thessaloniki beat France's Gueugnon 1-0 at home after drawing 0-0 away.

OFI Iraklion trounced Yugoslavia's Napredak Krusevac 6-0 at home after drawing 0-0 away.

PAOK Thessaloniki drew 3-3 away to Israel's Betar Jerusalem after winning 3-1 at home.

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