Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 02-12-06

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CONTENTS

[01] Remains of missing located

[02] European Parliament President to visit Cyprus

[03] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[04] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[05] House ratifies Convention on European police service

[06] UN envoy says Cyprus talks entering new phase

[07] Denktash flies home

[08] Denktash says solution impossible if Cyprus accedes to EU

[09] Markides calls for unity in view of developments

[10] Cyprus ratifies anti-personnel mine Convention

[01] Remains of missing located

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Remains of missing located

Nicosia, Dec 6 (CNA) -- Human remains were located near a village in the southern part of the island, where digging has been completed, the Foreign Ministry announced today, noting that the remains are believed to belong to Turkish Cypriots, who lost their lives during an exchange of fire with a National Guard unit in 1974, when Turkish troops invaded Cyprus.

The authorities of the Republic said they would facilitate visits to the area by interested relatives and stressed that the scientists' digging at the site do not intend to exhume the remains they found unless the cooperation of the relatives is secured.

[02] European Parliament President to visit Cyprus

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European Parliament President to visit Cyprus

[03] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Dec 6 (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                  20          13          CLOUDY
Larnaca                  23          13          CLOUDY
Limassol                 22          16          CLOUDY
Paphos                   22          16          CLOUDY

[04] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Dec 6 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                              109,94   (-0,13)

Traded Value                  CYP  2.225.551

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP  1.325.890   441,75   (-0,25)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP  1.036.323   126,80   (-0,45)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP     82.958    92,05   (-0,84)
Insurance Companies           CYP      8.920    24,63   ( 0,24)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP     31.584    68,32   (-0,44)
Tourism Companies             CYP        867   122,32   ( 0,50)
Trading Companies             CYP     25.396    21,72   (-0,69)
Building and Cement Companies CYP     26.205    82,54   ( 3,16)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP     28.597     4,14   (-0,96)
Financial Services Companies  CYP    148.982    24,60   (-0,89)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP          0    14,75   (-0,94)
Hotels                        CYP     82.443    54,77   ( 0,77)
Other Companies               CYP    357.804    99,96   (-0,26)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[05] House ratifies Convention on European police service

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House ratifies Convention on European police service

Nicosia, Dec 6 (CNA) -- The House of Representatives has approved a bill ratifying the Convention on the establishment of a European Police Service as well as the Protocol relating to the interpretation of the Convention by the Court of Justice of the European Communities.

[06] UN envoy says Cyprus talks entering new phase

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UN envoy says Cyprus talks entering new phase

Nicosia, Dec 6 (CNA) - The UN Secretary General's Special Adviser on Cyprus Alvaro de Soto handed here today to Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides the reply of the Turkish Cypriot side to a letter sent to them by the UN chief last week requesting the points they wished changed in a Cyprus solution plan submitted by Kofi Annan on November 11.

Speaking after the handover of the reply, de Soto said that the Greek Cypriot side's reply would be delivered to Turkish Cypriot Leader Rauf Denktash's aide, Ergun Olgun, today, noting that he will be meeting with President Clerides tomorrow morning.

[07] Denktash flies home

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Denktash flies home

by Apostolis Zoupaniotis

United Nations, Dec 6 (CNA) - Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash departs from New York at midnight (Cyprus time) for Cyprus via Constantinople.

Denktash, who underwent open-heart surgery on October 7 at the New York Presbyterian Hospital, visited the hospital today for a checkup.

[08] Denktash says solution impossible if Cyprus accedes to EU

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Denktash says solution impossible if Cyprus accedes to EU

by Apostolis Zoupaniotis

United Nations, Dec 6 (CNA) - Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash said today it would be ''an impossible position for us'' to reach a solution of the Cyprus problem if the island entered the European Union next week during the Copenhagen European Council.

Speaking to Greek and Turkish reporters on his way to the New York Presbyterian Hospital for a check-up, Denktash said ''I am not bound by views before Copenhagen, this, that or the other happening. I don't know even if can achieve it. I am not going to tie myself to anything. As we work for a reasonable solution, this is clear''.

[09] Markides calls for unity in view of developments

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Markides calls for unity in view of developments

Nicosia, Dec 6 (CNA) - Cyprus' Attorney General Alecos Markides pointed out today the need for ''patience and unity'' in view of the coming developments in the Cyprus problem, given the fact that only a few days are left until the Copenhagen European Council.

Markides was speaking to the press after the handover by the UN of the Turkish Cypriot side's reply to a letter sent to the two sides by the UN chief last week requesting the points they wished changed in a Cyprus solution plan submitted by Kofi Annan on November 11.

[10] Cyprus ratifies anti-personnel mine Convention

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Cyprus ratifies anti-personnel mine Convention

Nicosia, Dec 6 (CNA) - The House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill ratifying the Convention on the prohibition of the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of anti-personnel mines and on their destruction.

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