Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 02-05-31

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CONTENTS

[01] Clerides discusses security issue with Denktash

[02] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[03] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[04] FAO DG appeals for investment to combat world hunger

[05] Clerides flies to Denmark for consultations with Rasmussen

[01] Clerides discusses security issue with Denktash

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Clerides discusses security issue with Denktash

Nicosia, May 31 (CNA) -- Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides discussed here today the security issue with Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash.

[02] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, May 31 (CNA) - Today's weather and temperatures for Cyprus,
according to the Meteorological Service at Larnaca International
Airport are:

Temperatures (degrees Celcius)
---------------------------------------------------------------
Station               Maximum     Minimum       Weather
(At 1200 UTC)
---------------------------------------------------------------
Nicosia                  29          16          FAIR
Larnaca                  26          16          FINE
Limassol                 27          17          FINE
Paphos                   26          17          FAIR

[03] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, May 31 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                              101,06  ( 0,18)

Traded Value                  CYP  1.529.336

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP    742.242   422,50  (-0,50)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP    500.412   119,59  (-0,28)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP     71.321    87,84  ( 0,83)
Insurance Companies           CYP      6.571    30,87  ( 0,16)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP    114.410    69,79  ( 1,69)
Tourism Companies             CYP     33.715    80,59  ( 0,74)
Trading Companies             CYP     47.542    23,03  ( 0,30)
Building and Cement Companies CYP     23.870    55,08  (-0,13)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP     18.636     4,39  ( 0,23)
Financial Services Companies  CYP     91.775    15,87  ( 0,51)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP      3.743    16,78  ( 5,14)
Hotels                        CYP    103.907    59,84  ( 0,27)
Other Companies               CYP    395.480   101,02  ( 0,15)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[04] FAO DG appeals for investment to combat world hunger

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FAO DG appeals for investment to combat world hunger

Nicosia, May 31 (CNA) -- Food and Agriculture Organisation Director-General Jacques Diouf has appealed to developed and developing countries to "do more and better" in the global effort to combat world hunger and stressed the importance of investment in the effort to maintain sustainable development.

"Do not give people fish, allow them to fish," he said in a characteristic manner, at the conclusion of the 23rd session of the FAO Regional Conference for Europe in Nicosia, during which delegates from 42 countries reaffirmed their determination to halve the number of the world's undernourished people by 2015.

[05] Clerides flies to Denmark for consultations with Rasmussen

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Clerides flies to Denmark for consultations with Rasmussen

Nicosia, May 31 (CNA) -- Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides will hold talks on Monday in Copenhagen with Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Cyprus' EU accession course, the Cyprus problem and the bilateral relations between Cyprus and Denmark.

Clerides will fly to Copenhagen on Sunday at the invitation of Rasmussen, whose country will hold the rotating EU Presidency during the last six months of this year.

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