Athens/Nicosia - A Danish air force plane with Foreign Minister Per Stig Moller on board made an emergency landing Thursday at a small airport of the Cypriot coastal city of Paphos.

The semi-official Cypriot agency CNA said the plane landed safely after the pilot requested to make an emergency landing, realising that there was a crack in the cockpit window.

Reports said the plane landed safely and none of the passengers, including the minister, was injured.

Athens  - Twenty-three centuries after artisans crafted and erected one of the tallest statues of the ancient world, the Colossus of Rhodes, residents on the Dodecanese island are determined to once again erect a new world wonder in the spirit of the original.

After repeated failed attempts, officials on the tiny Greek island are determined to finally fulfil their dream and have enlisted the help of a German-based design team and Berlin-based lighting architect Gert Hof as well as calls to the international community for funding.

Athens/Nairobi - Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Tuesday called the hijacking of a Saudi oil tanker by Somali pirates an "outrageous act."

In the first Saudi Arabian public statement about the hijacking, Prince Saud al-Faisal said there is a need to fight piracy.

"Piracy, like terrorism is a disease which is against everybody, and everybody must address it together," he said in Athens following talks with Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyianni.

Athens  - Riot police clashed with demonstrators outside the US embassy in Athens on Monday during an annual march commemorating the 35th anniversary of a student uprising against the military dictatorship that once ruled Greece.

Some 100 youths wearing masks broke away from a peaceful march of more than 15,000 people through downtown Athens to mark the anniversary of the student uprising against the dictatorship and hurled Molotov cocktails, rocks and sticks at police outside the embassy.

Athens - Thousands of police were deployed in central Athens Monday for a march commemorating the 35th anniversary of a student uprising against the military dictatorship that once ruled Greece.

More than 8,000 riot police and undercover officers will guard the streets in downtown Athens and another 2,000 in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki.

The streets in downtown Athens have been cordoned off and shops closed early ahead of the march which in past years has been marked with violence.

Athens - Age seems to have become a problem for Juventus star Alessandro Del Piero, whose impressive form was not enough to grant him a spot in Marcello Lippi's squad as the world champions Wednesday visit Greece for a friendly in Athens.

Lippi decided to leave home the 34-year-old striker despite the three memorable goals he scored as Juve beat giants Real Madrid in two Champions League games.

For Del Piero's millions of fans worldwide, however, it may be hard to criticize Lippi for preferring other players to an icon who will be almost 36 in 2010, when the Azzurri are set to defend their World Cup title in South Africa.