The Greek swimmer won the gold in the men's 100 m butterfly-S13 with a time 1:01.50. The silver medallist is South African Scott Field (1:01.75) and the bronze went to Russia's Andrei Shrokin (1:02.82).

Yiannis Kostakis won the bronze in the 100 m freestyle-S3 with a time 1:55.79.

Also, Efthimis Kalaras won the silver medal in discus throw-F54 with 28.07 meters.

Mr. Papandreou criticized strongly the government accusing it of not forming its own policy.

Commenting in response, government spokesman Thodoris Rousopoulos stated that Mr. Papandreou will have to clarify what kind of opposition policy wants to follow.

In an interview he mentions that political liability should be traced back to those who have ordered the purchase of the helicopter, the procedures followed, the maintenance of the helicopter, if its construction was flawless and its airworthiness.

Mr. Tsiartsionis stated that there are presumptive evidence and facts that lead or should lead to a more careful investigation to determine who is responsible.

The head of the Greek diplomacy during his stay in New York is also expected to meet with his US counterpart Colin Powell.

The promotion of Greece's bid for a seat in the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member in the period 2005-2006 is among the issues in the agenda of the Greek Foreign Minister in the contacts he will have in New York on the sidelines of the 59th UN

General Assembly.

Tzekos will also testify on the motorcycle accident in which sprinters Kenteris and Thanou were involved in the evening of August 12 when they left the Olympic Village and missed a drug test.

The process is very expensive given the fact that it will cost over 40 million euros.

Meanwhile, human parts were collected from the sea region where the Chinook helicopter crashed and the search continues for those still missing.

Responding to the question if there is political responsibility in the Chinook helicopter crash, he cited the statement made by the Prime Minister.

On the armed forces supplies, he said that the government of New Democracy does not intend to cover up any case that could have problems. He said that from time to time there have been contracts that New Democracy, while in opposition, had pointed the fi nger at in Parliament. Such contracts are being investigated, as it is already known, stated Mr. Rousopoulos.

Of the stocks trading today, 117 had gains and 148 had losses, while the value of 138 stocks remained unchanged.

Mr. Samaranch had visited Thessaloniki again on August 11 and watched the game between the Greek and the Korean national football teams.

Mr. Samaranch stated that Thessaloniki's Museum of Sports is one of the best he has ever visited. He also said that the success of the Athens Olympic Games was important for Greece and especially for Athens, adding that the Paralympic Games currently und erway in Athens got the same response.

On the Athens 2004 Olympic Games opening ceremony, Mr. Samaranch stated that it was amazing and the best he had ever seen.

According to Aristotelis Thomopoulos, President of HELEXPO Ltd., the organizer of Thessaloniki's ITF, there was an increase of 40% in ticket sales and a 500% increase in the number of trade visitors. Based on initial figures, a total of 205,000 people vi sited the exhibition, while the trade visitors were 7,500.

He testified for four hours concerning the anabolics and anti-doping control case in which were involved Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou. According to information, he maintained that all the athletes he had trained from time to time n ever used banned substances.

Tzekos, who was also called to testify regarding the accusations against him concerning the import and possession of illegal substances, submitted a memo on the case to the prosecutors. Based on the EOF findings, a test on 10 different patent medicines, among those seized from the coach's storehouses, showed that they included anabolics that belonged to the category of steroids.

Paraskevi Kantza won the bronze in women's 100 m T11 with a time 13.34.

Ioannis Protos finished sixth in the men's 200 m T13 with a time 23.53.

Within the framework of his visit to the United States, Mr. Stilianidis will have meetings with his counterparts from other countries to present to them the Greek bid for a seat in the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member.

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