Odysseas

Cyprus' top court ordered Wednesday that the country's comptroller general be removed from his post for alleged misconduct and interferences in the works of judiciary.

The ruling is believed to be the first of its kind in the Mediterranean island nation's 64-year history.

Brother and sister duo Odysseas Spanakis (front) and Ariadne Spanaki of Greece are shown during dinghy training at the Marseille Marina in the southern French port city, on Thursday, a day before the official inauguration of the Paris Games. The dinghy (or 470, from the legth of the boat in centimeters) competition starts Sunday.