A BRITISH tourist allegedly set on fire by a Greek woman who accused him of sexually harassing her during a night out insisted he did nothing to provoke the attack.

A BRITISH tourist allegedly set on fire by a Greek woman during a holiday night out flew home because he feared for his life, his father said yesterday.

The life-sized marble statues of two ancient Greek goddesses have emerged during excavations of a 5,000-year-old town on the island of Crete, archaeologists said today.

Rescue teams began evacuating 163 tourists and other passengers from a ferry that took on water near the Greek holiday island of Santorini, authorities said.