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Platini vindicated by expanded European Championship
By Mike Collett IT was much derided when announced but UEFA’s decision to expand the Euro 2016 championship to 24 teams has revitalised the qualifying competition with a host of countries daring to...
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The greatest passion
By Bejay Browne For the second year running the ‘Passion Play’ will be enacted in the grounds of a historic church in Paphos and this year will take place on Orthodox Palm Sunday. Organised by Fr...
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Islamic State seizes most of south Damascus refugee camp
The hardline Islamic State group took control of large parts of a besieged Palestinian refugee camp in southern Damascus on Wednesday, witnesses and a monitoring group said. The Yarmouk camp, home to...
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Greek anti-establishment protesters occupy buildings, enter parliament grounds
By Costas Pitas Anti-establishment protesters occupied several public buildings in Greece and briefly entered the grounds of parliament in Athens on Wednesday, calling for the release of jailed members...
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France’s Sarkozy questioned on suspect political funding
By Brian Love Doubts over Nicolas Sarkozy’s political funding returned to haunt the French ex-president on Wednesday when the prosecutor said investigators had questioned him in an affair that could...
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Drunk held after threatening to shoot ex-wife
By Constantinos Psillides A 36-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Tuesday night, after attacking and threatening to shoot his estranged wife, 35, police said. According to the police report, the...
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Frustration rules as shops closed again
By Andria Kades CONSUMERS were frustrated on Wednesday to find that shops and supermarkets were closed when they had been open on the previous national holiday on March 25. “This has been the case...
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Horde of firecrackers found in Limassol
A 32-year-old man has been arrested after a large number of fireworks, firecrackers and smoke bombs were discovered in a house in Limassol on Wednesday afternoon. Reportedly, the man, who was seen...
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Vgenopoulos ties to Focus revealed in report
By Angelos Anastasiou DESPITE his unequivocal and repeated denials, investigators have found that former Laiki Bank boss Andreas Vgenopoulos was “close friends and business associates” with Greek...
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Cyprus marks 60 years from EOKA struggle
By Evie Andreou CYPRUS celebrated the 60th anniversary of the start of the EOKA struggle against British colonial rule on Wednesday, with liturgies and events held island wide. In Nicosia, the main...
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