A twenty month sentence with a three year probation was meted out by the Larisa court martial to the special forces major that was arrested on Friday, in Agra, Volos for breaching weapons and explosives laws.

The search for an English teacher, missing since last Friday are continuing by rescue crews on Rhodes.

Red lines over talks with troika reps were delineated by PASOK deputies during a meeting of the party's parliamentary economic sector.

Two teachers, a 50 year old man and a 27 year old woman, are missing, on Rhodes, since this afternoon when their car was swept away by a flash flood as they tried to cross a bridge over a stream bed. One more passenger managed to get out and was rescued.