Olympiakos pulled off a shock 1-0 victory over English Premiership giants Liverpool in their Champions League Group A clash here on Tuesday to hand them their first ever defeat at the hands of Greek opposition. Ieroklis Stoltidis was the Greek hero heading home in the 17th minute from World Cup winner Rivaldo’s freekick, though Liverpool did get the ball into the net once but Australian Harry Kewell had it ruled out for offside.

The Athens Olympics cost more than eight billion euros (-billion), making them the most expensive in the movement’s 108-year history, the Greek press reported on Wednesday. Greek Finance and Economy minister Yiorgos Alogoskoufis is expected to reveal the real cost in the coming days, the Eleftherotypia and Vima dailies reported.

The food shortage crisis in three southern African countries is far from over and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has appealed for -million to provide emergency aid to millions of people. ”We had hoped to scale back our activities in 2005 following two massive regional aid operations over the past two years, but unfortunately the crisis in parts of southern Africa is far from over,” the WFP said in Johannesburg.

The draft black empowerment document for agriculture, AgriBEE, has been published for public comment, the Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday. The document, which elicited strong reaction from the agricultural industry, was first launched in July.