THE party for the closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games in Athens was cancelled yesterday after a bus taking Greek high school students to watch the games smashed into a truck loaded with glass, killing seven teenagers.

A bus taking Greek high school students to watch the Paralympics in Athens smashed into a truck loaded with glass today, killing seven teenagers.

Greek Premier-elect Costas Caramanlis began the difficult task today of forming a conservative administration that will have to balance pledges of smaller government with promises for generous social spending.