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Good Friday service sent mixed messages
By Alexia Evripidou Reactions have been mixed to last week’s historic Good Friday liturgy at the Ayios Giorgos Exorinos church in Famagusta. The ceremony was welcomed as a message of hope and...
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Biden warns on Ukraine as Russia dismisses sanctions threat
By Jeff Mason and Darya Korsunskaya US Vice President Joe Biden told Russia on Tuesday that “time is short” for action on defusing the crisis in eastern Ukraine, but Moscow said it could handle any...
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Turkish opposition appeals to top court for re-run of Ankara vote
By Jonny Hogg and Humeyra Pamuk The candidate for Turkey’s main opposition party has asked the Constitutional Court to order a re-run of a contested mayoral ballot in the capital Ankara, where he lost...
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Company that owned ill-fated S.Korea ferry has chequered past
By Miyoung Kim and Hyunjoo Jin The company that owned the South Korean ferry which sank last week, killing possibly hundreds of people, sprang out of a shipping to cosmetics empire founded by a...
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Five injured by firecrackers
FOUR innocent bystanders, including two children, and one young man handling a firecracker were injured by them over the Easter period, the police announced on Tuesday. A man from Larnaca suffered...
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South Korean PM resigns over govt response to ferry disaster
South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won announced his resignation on Sunday over the government response to the ferry disaster, in which it was first announced that everyone had been rescued,...
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Germany advises against travel to east Ukraine
Berlin’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday strongly advised Germans to avoid travelling to eastern areas of Ukraine due to the tense situation and said journalists risked being held by separatist forces...
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Feltman will not assume post of the UNSG’s Special Adviser
Jeffrey Feltman, UN Under-Secretary-General and head of the Department of Political Affairs, will not assume the post of the UNSG`s Special Adviser for Cyprus, as successor to Alexander Downer, who is...
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Pelendritou sets third new world record
Cypriot Paralympic gold medalist Karolina Pelendritou, also known as the ‘Princess of the Pool’ set a third world record in the space of a couple of days at the IDM Berlin 2014, the International Idm...
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EU courts Moldova with visa-free travel from Monday
Moldovan citizens will no longer require visas to travel to the European Union beginning on Monday, as the bloc presses ahead with deeper ties with east European nations in defiance of Russia. Moldova,...
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Liverpool lose grip on title with home defeat by Chelsea
By Steve Tongue Leaders Liverpool’s hopes of winning their first title in 24 years suffered a huge setback on Sunday when their 2-0 defeat at home by second-placed Chelsea blew the Premier League title...
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Separatists seize control of TV HQ in east Ukraine city
By Maria Tsvetkova Pro-Russian separatists on Sunday seized control of the offices of regional state television in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk and said they would take it off air and...
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Energy conference to take place in Limassol
Ministers and other high-ranking officials dealing with energy issues from Cyprus, Croatia, Italy and Montenegro will participate in the Global Offshore Technology (GOT) Conference and Exhibition that...
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London braced for travel disruption as Underground rail workers strike
Millions of commuters face transport chaos this week as workers on the London Underground rail network hold a two-day strike in a dispute over planned job cuts. Members of the Rail, Maritime and...
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Manchester City keep up pressure with victory at Palace
Manchester City took advantage of Liverpool’s surprise 2-0 home defeat by Chelsea to move within striking distance of them at the top of the Premier League with a comfortable 2-0 win at Crystal Palace...
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East Ukraine mayor shot and wounded
By Elizabeth Piper The pro-Russian mayor of Ukraine’s second-biggest city, Kharkiv, was in a serious condition on Monday after being shot in the back while riding his bicycle, the latest violence in...
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Outrage over Turkey’s move on continental shelf
By George Psyllides THE GOVERNMENT condemned on Monday a note verbale sent by Turkey to the United Nations delineating the continental shelf between it and the breakaway state in the north of the...
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English School PTA seeks to oust board chairwoman
By Angelos Anastasiou THE PARENT-TEACHER Association (PTA) of the English School have appealed to President Nicos Anastasiades for the removal of the school’s board chairwoman, Magda Nicholson, whom...
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Qatar Airways launches Cyprus flights
AS PREVIOUSLY announced, Qatar Airways will commence direct flights to and from Doha and Larnaca airports on Tuesday. The addition of Larnaca as a destination was announced by the airline last...
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Gambling arrests
AS PART of the ongoing anti-gambling campaign by the police, officers raided an establishment on Sunday night. According to a police spokesman, during the raid eleven computers that may have been...
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