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(Updated) Opposition says as many as 1,300 killed in gas attack near Damascus
By Dominic Evans and Khaled Yacoub Oweis Syria’s opposition accused President Bashar al-Assad’s forces of gassing many hundreds of people – by one report as many as 1,300 – on Wednesday in what would,...
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Cyprus problem remains top priority, Anastasiades tells overseas Cypriots
Representatives of Greek and Cypriot organisations abroad, gathered in Nicosia on Wednesday for their 17th annual conference focusing on two main topics, the state of the economy and developments in...
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House to hold extraordinary session on CBC’s chief’s ‘super powers’
Parliament will convene in an extraordinary meeting next week to discuss and vote on a bill seeking to amend the law on the resolution of banks and take away the absolute authority wielded by the...
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Egyptian court orders Mubarak’s release
By Tom Perry and Maggie Fick DEPOSED Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak will leave jail as early as Thursday after a court ruling that jolted a divided nation already in turmoil seven weeks after the army...
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Manning sentenced to 35 years in prison
By Ian Simpson Bradley Manning, the US soldier convicted of the biggest breach of classified data in the nation’s history by providing files to Wikileaks, was sentenced to 35 years in prison on...
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Football players warned about clubs in Cyprus, Greece and Turkey
By Brian Homewood Professional footballers have been warned by the world players’ union FIFPro to think twice before signing to play for clubs in Cyprus, Greece or Turkey. Players were advised to be...
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Fortunate Ivanovic helps Chelsea beat Villa
Branislav Ivanovic headed a second-half winner as Chelsea escaped from a lacklustre performance against Aston Villa with a 2-1 victory on Wednesday in the Premier League. The Serb rose to power a...
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Champions League Play-Off Round Results
Wednesday, August 21, first leg Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) – Austria Vienna (Austria) 0-2 (halftime: 0-0) Fenerbahce (Turkey) – Arsenal (England) 0-3 (halftime: 0-0) Ludogorets (Bulgaria) – Basel...
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Police testing confiscated laughing gas canisters for harmful substances
Tests are being carried out to find out whether 47 canisters which were confiscated by police following the arrest of a 24-year-old foreign man in Ayia Napa, believed to have ‘laughing gas’ in them,...
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Part of Limassol hospital evacuated due to electricity fault
By Peter Stevenson THE FIRST two floors of Limassol general hospital were evacuated on Thursday when smoke was seen coming from an elevator shaft after an emergency generator was being used following...
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Egypt’s Mubarak leaves prison for house arrest
By Maggie Fick and Tom Perry Egypt’s former autocrat Hosni Mubarak was flown from jail on Thursday in a symbolic victory for an army-dominated old order that has overthrown and imprisoned his freely...
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Michaelides remains in hospital
FORMER minister Dinos Michaelides remained in hospital on Thursday, after he fell ill on Wednesday during a hearing before a Limassol court that ordered his arrest in connection with money...
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Deal reached to move Larnaca fuel installations
THE INTERIOR minister and the Larnaca municipality agreed on Thursday that gas and fuel installations on the town’s coast would be moved but no timeframes have been set. “We all agree on the matter of...
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State aims to save €700m in 2014
By Stefanos Evripidou THE GOVERNMENT aims to reduce state spending by 10 per cent in 2014, and reduce the public deficit without imposing new taxes, Finance Minister Harris Georgiades told an...
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Brits who holiday here can’t pinpoint Cyprus on a map
By Stefanos Evripidou MORE THAN half of British holidaymakers visiting Cyprus confused the island with Greece, revealed a study by British Airways on the geographic awareness of the former colonial...
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UN chief asks Syria to allow speedy chemical attack investigation
By Michelle Nichols and Louis Charbonneau U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asked the Syrian government on Thursday to allow U.N. inspectors to investigate the latest alleged chemical attack in the...
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UEFA Europa League Play-Off Round Results
Aug 22 (Infostrada Sports) – Results from the UEFA Europa League play-offs first leg matches on Thursday Udinese (Italy) – Slovan Liberec (Czech Republic) 1-3 (halftime: 1-1) Zulte Waregem (Belgium) –...
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Successful Europa night for Cypriot teams
By Nemanja Bjedov Limassol outfit Apollon celebrated an unlikely 2-0 victory over French side OCG Nice at Nicosia’s GSP Stadium, while Cypriot champions APOEL secured a 1-1 draw away with Belgium’s SV...
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Gang rape of photo journalist shocks Indian financial city Mumbai
By Mumbai Bureau and Shyamantha Asokan and Aditya Kalra in New Delhi A photo journalist was gang-raped in the Indian city of Mumbai, police said on Friday, evoking comparisons with a similar incident...
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Favourable draw for Baghdatis at US Open
By Nemanja Bjedov Marcos Baghdatis has been drawn to play a qualifier in the opening round of the U.S. Open, which is scheduled to start on Monday at New York’s Flushing Meadows. If the 28-year-old...
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