Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 02-04-18

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CONTENTS

[01] House President appeals to US to exert influence on Turkey

[02] Weather forecast for Cyprus

[03] UN NGO meeting set to adopt plan of action on Middle East

[04] Cyprus' 2001 imports/exports/trade deficit increase

[05] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[06] Cyprus and Malta sign a cooperation agreement

[07] Hain urged Denktash to become more involved in Cyprus talks

[08] UNFICYP to destroy 30-year-old Czech arms

[09] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[10] Cyprus protests Israeli attacks against Church of Nativity

[11] Fuel prices in Cyprus go up 2,75 cents per litre

[12] NGOs demand Sharon be tried for war crimes

[01] House President appeals to US to exert influence on Turkey

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House President appeals to US to exert influence on Turkey

by Demetris Apokis

Washington, Apr 18 (CNA) -- Cyprus House of Representatives President Demetris Christofias has invited the US to apply pressure on the Turkish side to change its intransigent stance at the UN peace talks to help find a political settlement in Cyprus.

[02] Weather forecast for Cyprus

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Weather forecast for Cyprus

Nicosia, Apr 18 (CNA) -- The Meteorological Office at Larnaca International Airport has issued the following weather forecast for Cyprus:

Friday and Saturday: 19/4/2002 to 20/4/2002

The weather will be fine at the morning, becoming partly cloudy during midday with showers local mostly at the western part of the island.

The prevailing wind will be southwest, moderate to fresh breeze, 4 to 5 beaufort. The temperature will range from 21-23 degrees at daytime to 10 degrees inland and 13 at the coast.

Outlook for Sunday and Monday: 21/4/2002 to 22/4/2002

Temporal improvement of the weather on Sunday. Small fall in temperature.

Sea Temperature: 19

CNA/GP/2002 ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY

[03] UN NGO meeting set to adopt plan of action on Middle East

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UN NGO meeting set to adopt plan of action on Middle East

Nicosia, Apr 18 (CNA) -- Representatives of non governmental organióations (NGOs) operating under UN auspices, who gathered here for a one-day meeting in solidarity with the Palestinian people, are working on a draft communique outlining a plan of action to protest the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories.

The UN meeting heard today two of the four invited speakers (the other two were unable to attend) appeal for immediate action by civil society to press on with the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Palestinian areas they have reoccupied in the past ten days and demand the creation of a Palestinian state as step in the direction of permanent peace.

[04] Cyprus' 2001 imports/exports/trade deficit increase

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Cyprus' 2001 imports/exports/trade deficit increase

Nicosia, Apr 18 (CNA) -- Cyprus' total imports as well as total exports increased during the period January - December 2001, as compared with the respective period of 2000. The 2001 trade deficit compared to 2000 also increased.

According to an official statistic report on Cyprus Foreign Trade, total imports (covering imports for home consumption and imports placed into boned warehouses) totalled 2.528,7 mn Cyprus pounds, as compared with 2.401,9 mn in 2000. Total exports valued 628 mn pounds compared to 591,9 mn pounds in 2000. (one Cyprus pound = 1,5 US dollars)

[05] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Apr 18 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                              103,81  (-1,37)

Traded Value                  CYP  1.674.376

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP    940.117   433,12  (-1,41)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP    784.777   119,91  (-1,24)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP     65.672    90,31  (-2,30)
Insurance Companies           CYP      5.719    33,57  (-0,89)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP     35.237    58,95  (-1,50)
Tourism Companies             CYP     23.825    71,12  (-0,32)
Trading Companies             CYP     27.547    24,92  (-1,35)
Building and Cement Companies CYP     77.261    51,71  (-1,88)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP     26.401     5,10  (-3,04)
Financial Services Companies  CYP    134.731    19,07  (-0,42)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP        398    16,97  (-7,22)
Hotels                        CYP     90.669    66,25  (-1,15)
Other Companies               CYP    168.436   102.99  (-2,02)
* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[06] Cyprus and Malta sign a cooperation agreement

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Cyprus and Malta sign a cooperation agreement

Nicosia, Apr 18 (CNA)-- Cyprus and Malta signed here today a cooperation agreement on local administration, local decentralisation and EU programmes.

Speaking after the signing ceremony, Cyprus Interior Minister Christodoulos Christodoulou stressed that the agreement will enact and strengthen the cooperation between the two countries.

Maltese Justice and Local Councils Minister Austin Gatt, who is paying a three-day visit to Cyprus, expressed hope that through this agreement, Cyprus and Malta, both candidate countries for EU membership, will upgrade their cooperation.

[07] Hain urged Denktash to become more involved in Cyprus talks

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Hain urged Denktash to become more involved in Cyprus talks

by Kyriacos Tsioupras

London, Apr 18 (CNA) - British Minister for Europe, Peter Hain, has said he told Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash that he must become more involved in face-to-face talks with Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides on the Cyprus problem, as this was the best opportunity to "get a deal" for the Turkish Cypriots on the island.

[08] UNFICYP to destroy 30-year-old Czech arms

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UNFICYP to destroy 30-year-old Czech arms

Nicosia, Apr 18 (CNA) - Czech weapons, which have been in UN safekeeping since 1972, will be destroyed over the next two months, starting today, after an agreement between the Cyprus government and the UN Peacekeeping Forces in Cyprus (UNFICYP).

[09] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Apr 18 (CNA) - Today's weather and temperatures for Cyprus,
according to the Meteorological Service at Larnaca International
Airport are:

Temperatures (degrees Celcius)
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Station               Maximum     Minimum       Weather
(At 1200 UTC)
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Nicosia                  23           12        FAIR
Larnaca                  22           12        CLOUDY
Limassol                 22           15        FINE
Paphos                   21           17        FAIR

[10] Cyprus protests Israeli attacks against Church of Nativity

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Cyprus protests Israeli attacks against Church of Nativity

Nicosia, Apr 18 (CNA) -- Cyprus will file a protest with the Israeli government for its offensive against the Holy Church of Nativity, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides announced here today.

Speaking before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the minister backed a proposed initiative by the House to the Knesset (Israeli parliament) to begin contacts between the two warring factions with a view to promote a new peace process on the Middle East.

"Our Ambassador to Israel has been instructed to make a formal demarch to the government of Israel with regard to the siege of the Church and the shooting against the building," Kasoulides said.

[11] Fuel prices in Cyprus go up 2,75 cents per litre

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Fuel prices in Cyprus go up 2,75 cents per litre

Nicosia, Apr 18 (CNA) - Fuel prices in Cyprus have been increased by 2,75 cents per litre, including Value Added Tax. The House of Representatives decision has immediate effect.

The government had requested an increase of 4 cents, but the House Finance Committee brought it down to 2,5 cents, excluding VAT.

[12] NGOs demand Sharon be tried for war crimes

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NGOs demand Sharon be tried for war crimes

Nicosia, Apr 18 (CNA) - Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have demanded the trial of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in an international tribunal for war crimes against the Palestinian people, and have stressed that the US cease supporting the Israeli government's policy.

At the UN NGO meeting in solidarity with the Palestinian people, which took place in Nicosia today, the NGOs adopted an urgent appeal and a plan of action, expressing their concern about the situation in the Middle East, deploring Israeli aggression against the Palestinians, and demanding that measures, including the boycott of Israeli products, be taken to exert pressure on Israel.

In their urgent appeal, the NGOs note that the situation in the Middle East is "explosive and dangerous" and demand the "immediate lifting of the siege on Palestinian President Yasser Arafat" and the "immediate withdrawal of Israeli troops from the 1967 occupied Palestinian and Arab territories and the lifting of all closures and checkpoints".

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