Athens  - Archaeologists have uncovered a treasure of gold jewellery, weapons and pottery at a burial ground near the birth place of Alexander the Great, the Greek Culture Ministry said Thursday.

Excavations taking place at an ancient burial site near Pella, the capital of ancient Macedonia in northern Greece, have revealed 43 previously undiscovered graves dating from 650-279 BC, a Culture Ministry statement said.

Among the discoveries include the graves of 20 warriors who had been buried between 580-480 BC. Some were buried in copper helmets, iron swords and knives, and their eyes, mouths and chests covered in gold foil decorated with drawings of lions and other animals.

Athens - Greek police on Thursday believe to have found missing 8-year-old "Denise" who was abducted outside of her home in Sicily more than four years ago on an island in the Aegean.

Authorities were led to the little girl after an Italian tourist visiting the Dodecannese island of Kos was sold a bracelet by the little girl, who spoke fluent Italian.

Police on the island informed Interpol who immediately arrested the 30-year-old female companion of the little girl. The woman claimed she was the mother of the
8-year-old girl but she herself could not speak a word of Italian.

Athens  - A former Japanese diplomat to the Vatican and his Greek-born wife were taken before a public prosecutor on Sunday following the mysterious death of their

Thessaloniki, Greece  - More than 10,000 people rallied in the Greek northern port city of Thessaloniki on Saturday to protest the poor state of the economy.

The demonstrators marched through the city just as Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis was giving an annual speech on the economy and badly needed economic reforms at the site of an international trade fair where 2,000 police where deployed to contain any potential violence.

Thessaloniki, Greece - Greek anarchists raided a supermarket in the northern port city of Thessaloniki and handed out food for free in protest soaring consumer prices, reports said Friday.

About 50 unarmed robbers loaded up trolleys with pasta, milk and other products before storming out of the store without paying, shouting slogans against recent price hikes.

The masked gang then began distributing the stolen goods to people in the street, imitating a spate of similar robberies in grocery stores across Athens during the summer.

The robbers, most of them believed to be women, have never stolen money or hurt anyone in their actions.

Athens  - An Australian tourist who was beaten by bouncers while on holiday on the Greek island of Mykonos died after doctors disconnected his life support system, officials said Friday.

Twenty-year-old Doujon Zammit from Sydeny was transferred to a hospital in Athens after being brutally attacked by bouncers near the island's popular Super Paradise beach bar on Tuesday.