Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 03-02-03

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CONTENTS

[01] British envoy on Cyprus visits Ankara for talks

[02] House President sends condolences to US

[03] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[04] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[05] Britain pledges to raise missing persons’ issue with Turkey

[06] Peace talks focus on territory

[07] CTO receives Aire Libre award

[08] Hannay says determination, not optimism required for Cyprus

[09] UN says leaders should be left to quietly continue negotiations

[01] British envoy on Cyprus visits Ankara for talks

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British envoy on Cyprus visits Ankara for talks

Nicosia, Feb 3 (CNA) -- Britain's special representative for Cyprus, Lord David Hannay, is in Ankara for contacts with the Turkish government to press on with a UN demand for an agreement on a political settlement in Cyprus by the end of February.

Nicosia-based British High Commission press spokesman Stuart Summers told CNA that Hannay will be meeting Turkish Under-secretary at the Foreign Ministry Ugur Ziyal, senior government officials and will sit at a working lunch with Turkish politicians.

[02] House President sends condolences to US

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House President sends condolences to US

Nicosia, Feb 3 (CNA) -- Cyprus House President Demetris Christofias has expressed ''deep shock and distress'' over the untimely loss of the seven astronauts, killed when the space shuttle Columbia exploded in mid air just before landing in the US last Saturday.

The message of condolences was sent to the President of the Senate and Vice President Dick Cheney and the President of the House of Representatives Dennis Harstert.

''On behalf of all the members of the House of Representatives and on my own behalf, I should like to express my deep shock and distress for the heavy toll of innocent lives perished on board the space shuttle Columbia,'' Christofias said.

''The unexpected loss of seven astronauts, who dedicated their lives to space exploration, has left the international community and more particularly the scientific world, in a state of profound sadness,'' he said.

[03] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Feb 3 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                               89,78   (-1,82)

Traded Value                  CYP    440.523

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP    247.383   349,00   (-1,66)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP    204.899   100,23   (-2,95)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP      9.821    79,39   (-1,27)
Insurance Companies           CYP     11.287    19,28   (-1,83)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP      6.037    62,36   (-1,11)
Tourism Companies             CYP     12.353    99,70   (-0,16)
Trading Companies             CYP      8.475    18,85   (-0,26)
Building and Cement Companies CYP      8.108    70,07   (-0,96)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP      7.516     3,17   (-0,94)
Financial Services Companies  CYP     14.284    17,72   (-1,77)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP        929    13,56   ( 0,59)
Hotels                        CYP      2.214    45,46   (-0,39)
Other Companies               CYP     57.526    83,51   (-0,83)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[04] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Feb 3 (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                 16           8          CLOUDY
Larnaca                 19          11          CLOUDY
Limassol                18          10          CLOUDY
Paphos                  17          10          CLOUDY

[05] Britain pledges to raise missing persons’ issue with Turkey

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Britain pledges to raise missing persons issue with Turkey

By Kyriacos Tsioupras

London, Feb 3 (CNA) -- The British government has pledged to approach the Turkish government about the question of the people missing since the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus.

[06] Peace talks focus on territory

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Peace talks focus on territory

Nicosia, Feb 3 (CNA) -- The thorny issue of territory was the focus of discussions between President Glafcos Clerides and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Dentkash at their meeting today, in the context of the UN-led peace negotiations.

According to reliable sources, this was the first time the two sides started negotiations on territory.

''Discussions on territory began today, this is unprecedented, and talks on this issue will continue on Wednesday in greater depth,'' the same sources said.

[07] CTO receives Aire Libre award

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CTO receives Aire Libre award

Nicosia, Feb 3 (CNA) - The Cyprus Pavilion at the Madrid International Tourism Fair FITUR 2003 was awarded first prize for the best active foreign tourism product by Spanish magazine ''Aire Libre''.

[08] Hannay says determination, not optimism required for Cyprus

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Hannay says determination, not optimism required for Cyprus

Constantinople, Feb 3 (CNA) - Britain's Special Representative for Cyprus Lord David Hannay said what was needed for Cyprus right now was ''not optimism but determination''.

He told NTV television in Turkey that it was up to ''the UN Secretary-General to submit another revised plan on Cyprus to the two sides''.

[09] UN says leaders should be left to quietly continue negotiations

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UN says leaders should be left to quietly continue negotiations

by Apostolis Zoupaniotis

United Nations, Feb 3 (CNA) - The UN Secretary General's Spokesman said the two sides in Cyprus still have until the end of the month to reach an agreement on the island's political problem and should be left to go about their business.

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