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Film review: Her ****
By Preston Wilder Play a melancholy song, Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix) tells his computer. We’re in the future – albeit the near future – so he doesn’t have to click any links or push any buttons; he...
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Weather blights S Korea ferry search
By Narae Kim Rescuers struggled with strong waves and murky waters on Thursday as they searched for hundreds of people, most of them teenagers from the same school, still missing after a South Korean...
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India votes on biggest polling day
By Ashutosh Pandey and Swetha Gopinath Narendra Modi, the prime-ministerial candidate of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has been wooing voters with promises to rescue India from its...
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Fate of Nigeria kidnap girls unclear
Pascal Fletcher Authorities in Nigeria’s northeast Borno state denied on Thursday a statement by the armed forces which had said most of the more than 100 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist rebels had...
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Spectator ban at Tsirion partially lifted (updated: adds new ETEK comments)
By George Psyllides THE Cyprus Football Association (CFA) has partially lifted a spectator ban from games held at Limassol’s Tsirion stadium after receiving assurances from experts that its stands...
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Russia’s Putin fields question from US fugitive Snowden
By Steve Gutterman and Alessandra Prentice Edward Snowden, the fugitive former US spy agency contractor who leaked details of US intelligence eavesdropping, asked Russian President Vladimir Putin a...
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Efforts to attract foreign investment will pay off, says president
By Constantinos Psillides Cyprus’ efforts to attract foreign investors will bear fruit, said President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday, on his return from an official visit to Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The...
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Warm holiday weekend ahead
EASTER Bunnies can leave raincoats in their burrows as the weather forecast predicts a fine day on Easter Sunday. Meteorological service official Stavros Vasiliades said on Thursday that isolated...
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Two sides ‘brought closer through gambling’
By Stefanos Evripidou Resourceful entrepreneurs in the mixed village of Pyla have found a way to unite Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots using as a common denominator… gambling. According to a front...
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Cyprus to initiate saving bond programme for retail investors
Cyprus will initiate a savings bond programme for retail investors every month starting in June, the finance ministry said on Thursday. The 6-year bonds will bear a 5.75 per cent coupon until maturity...
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Suarez out to torment struggling Norwich again
By Josh Reich IT would be a brave gambler who wagered against Luis Suarez becoming the first Liverpool player to score 30 goals in a Premier League season when the leaders head to struggling Norwich...
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Small states chess championship
CYPRUS will host for the first time the chess championship of small states of Europe. The championship will take place from next Tuesday until Wednesday April 30 in Larnaca. The event is organised by...
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Dealing with the conflict within
Through ‘psychology with a soul’ we can find inner peace and learn to live together, THEO PANAYIDES is told A comfortable home on a quiet Strovolos side street, with photos of kids on the sideboards....
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Firecracker components seized in Paphos
Paphos police have seized explosive materials meant to be used in the production of firecrackers for Easter. Inside a bag hidden in a park in Lempa, officers found five kilos of potassium nitrate, a...
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Football legend Ardiles due in Cyprus next week
Tottenham Hotspur legend and Argentina international Osvaldo ‘Ossie’ Ardiles will be in Cyprus next week, the team’s local supporters club has announced. The club said that on Easter Monday,...
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BoC winds up Ukrainian operations
Bank of Cyprus said on Friday it had completed the sale of its Ukrainian business and stake in Banca Transilvania ahead of schedule. In an announcement, the bank said the sale of the Ukrainian business...
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Bomb blast kills 14 at mosque in Syria’s Homs
By Oliver Holmes A bomb went off in front of a mosque and killed 14 people in Homs, Syrian state television said on Friday, with forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad looking close to wresting the...
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Powerful earthquake rattles Mexico, shakes buildings
By Dave Graham and Michael O’Boyle A powerful earthquake struck Mexico on Friday, shaking buildings in the capital and sending people running out into the street, though there were no early reports of...
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Staff gave Neo & Bee CEO deadline to return, post claims
By Staff Reporter TWO people claiming to be former executives of Neo & Bee have slammed the company’s head honcho Danny Brewster, accusing him of taking off with company money. In a damning joint...
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Orthodox worshippers flock to Famagusta
By Constantinos Psillides THOUSANDS of Greek Cypriots, most refugees, flocked to the Ayios Giorgos Exorinos church in Famagusta where they attended a Good Friday service at their historical place of...
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