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CONTENTS

[01] UN-Proximity talks - Second round begins

[02] Proximity talks open

[03] Accident - Six dead

[04] Cyprus Stock Exchange

0930:CYPPRESS 01

[01] UN-Proximity talks - Second round begins

Geneva, Jan 31 (CNA) - The second round of UN-led proximity talks begin today with separate meetings of President Glafcos Clerides and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash with the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and his Special Adviser for Cyprus A lvaro de Soto.

The UN chief will meet Clerides at 0930 local time and Denktash at 1230. Both meetings will take place at UN Headquarters in Geneva. Meanwhile, US high ranking officials seem encouraged and have expressed satisfaction that the protagonists of the talks are both back on stage and ready to continue the proximity talks.

CNA MM/MCH/GP/2000

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[02] Proximity talks open

Geneva, Jan 31 (CNA) - UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan today went into detail on the core aspects of the Cyprus problem in an hour-long meeting here today with President Glafcos Clerides, with which a second round of proximity talks got underway.

Annan and his special advisor for Cyprus Alvaro de Soto are now meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash, to go into depth on the issues discussed in the first round of proximity talks that took place in New York in December. MM/MCH/MA/GP/2000

1330:CYPPRESS:03

[03] Accident - Six dead

The accident occured yesterday afternoon, as the bus with 35 passengers on board from the Philippines and Sri Lanka was returning from a day-trip to Troodos mountains. The passengers, in their majority women are employed in Larnaca as housekeepers. Among the dead are four women, a man and a three-year old boy of a Cypriot father and a Philippino mother. Three people escaped with no injuries. CNA/FZ/MCH/GP/2000

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[04] Cyprus Stock Exchange

      CSE General Index                         566.36 (-5.02)

      Traded Value            CYP 16,542,292

      Sectural Indices

      Banks                   CYP 5,128,295     674.25 ( -2.64)
      Approved Investment
      Companies               CYP 1,472,809     467.43 ( -9.05)
      Insurance Companies     CYP   991,550     313.99 ( -8.95)
      Manufacturing Companies CYP   537.421     182.43 ( -8.85)
      Tourism Companies       CYP 1,499,505     495.41 (-10.77)
      Trading Companies       CYP 1,503,119     229.23 ( -9.15)
      Other Companies         CYP 4,592,314     655.70 ( -6.74)

CNA MA/2000

ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY

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