Athens - More than 100 illegal migrants were detained on two Greek islands over the weekend, the coast guard confirmed Sunday.

Athens/Nicosia - Efforts to reunify the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus are expected to continue by leaders from both communities well into 2009, a UN envoy said Thursday.

Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders launched a new round of peace talks in September and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat had said he hoped a breakthrough could be found by the end of the year.

Peace talks were deadlocked after former president Tassos Papadopoulos led the Greek-Cypriot rejection of a UN reunification plan in a 2004 referendum. Turkish Cypriots had overwhelmingly voted in favour.

Athens - More than 4,000 inmates at 21 prisons across Greece continued their hunger strike for a second week on Tuesday, with some sewing their mouths shut to protest overcrowding, drug dealing and lengthy pre-trial detention periods.

Some 4,800 inmates, including Athens' top-security Korydallos prison and the Alikarnassos prison on the Mediterranean island of Crete, initially launched the strike on November 3.

The detainees have been drinking fruit juice and water but have refused solid food.

Athens - More than 4,000 inmates at 21 prisons across Greece continued a hunger strike for the second week on Tuesday, with some sewing their mouths shut to protest overcrowding, drug dealing and lengthy pre-trial detention periods.

Some 4,800 inmates, including Athens' top-security Korydallos prison and the Alikarnassos prison on the Mediterranean island of Crete, initially launched the strike on November 3.

The detainees have been drinking juice and water but have refused solid food.

Athens - A hunger strike by more than 3,000 inmates at 21 prisons across Greece entered its second week on Monday to protest overcrowding and lengthy pre-trial detention periods.

More than 8,000 inmates, including Athens' top-security Korydallos prison and the Alikarnassos prison on the Mediterranean island of Crete, initially launched the strike on November 3.

By the second week 3,400 inmates continued the hunger strike to protest the poor conditions at detention centers across the country.

The detainees have been drinking juice and water but have refused solid food.

Athens - Paul Lekuraa led a Kenyan podium sweep in the Athens Classic Marathon on Sunday, the fifth win in a row for the proud running nation at the event.