Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation: News in English, 01-11-12

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CONTENTS

[01] HEADLINES

[02] Clerides Cyprus

[03] Papandreou

[04] Yilmaz Cyprus

[05] Tassos Cyprus

[06] Afghan war

[07] Afghan Journ

[08] Markides land

[09] Turkey Solomou

[10] Mideast wrap

[11] Tailer

[12] Weather MONDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2001

[01] HEADLINES

Greek foreign minister Yiorgos Papandreou today reiterated the position that Athens cannot approve any future European Union expansion if it does not include Cyprus,

Backed by U.S. bombers and firing relentless volleys of heavy artillery, Afghan opposition fighters today engaged Taliban frontline fighters north of Kabul for the first time since the U.S. war began 37 days ago,

The first lawsuit regarding illegal transfers and sale of land at the Tylliria area, was today filed in court

and

In high-tech Scandinavia mobile phone users would like their handsets to carry extra gadgets ranging from make-up mirrors to fire alarms.

[02] Clerides Cyprus

President Clerides disclosed the governments' plan at a press conference in New York.

The president of the republic made clear that he is ready to meet Rauf Denktash, if and when he responds to the UN chief's invitation for resumption of settlement talks.

[03] Papandreou

Athens expects its other EU partners to respect an accord that the island will be able to join regardless of whether its political division is settled.

In an interview to the Greek daily "Ta Nea", Papandreou said that the Greek house of representatives canot ratify EU expansion without expansion. Greece, he added, is just asking for the Helsinki decisions to be upheld.

A diplomatic wrangle on Cyprus is looming as it races through preparations for EU membership. If its entry is blocked, Greece will halt eastward expansion, but if it does become a member Turkey has said it may annex the island's northern territories, effectively dashing its own membership hopes.

Papandreou said that Ankara has admitted for the first time that the Cyprus situation is a problem,

[04] Yilmaz Cyprus

In statements to the Turkish satellite channel, CNN Turk, Yilmaz claimed that the European Union, must make clear, that Cyprus cannot join its ranks, until a mutually acceptable solution to the Cyprus problem, is achieved.

The Turkish vice-president said that in case, the EU goes ahead with the accession of Cyprus, there will be new complications in Euroturkish relations.

[05] Tassos Cyprus

In statements to our station, Papadopoulos said that the Americans want a settlement that will not put the Turkish side on the spot and are seeking the right formula for Denktash to return to the table of negotiations, without bearing the sole responsibility for the deadlock in the Cyprus problem.

Tassos Papadopoulos stressed that the Greek-Cypriot side must secure the framework of negotiations, before it agrees to any talks.

[06] Afghan war

Buoyed by the lightning capture in just 70 hours of about 40 percent of the country, the Northern Alliance looked set to try to march on the Afghan capital despite the entrenched positions of the fundamentalist militia arrayed between them and their ultimate prize and U.S. pleas to wait at the gates.

Iranian radio said the Northern Alliance forces of veteran mujahideen fighter, or holy warrior, Ismail Khan had taken the western ancient city of Herat.

It's fall would open the way to southern Kandahar, the powerbase of Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, considered chief protector of Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden.

Fierce exchanges of artillery fire erupted all along the front line between the Northern Alliance and the Taliban that zigzags through the lush Shomali Plain some 15 miles north of Kabul.

Washington says it does not want the Northern Alliance to enter Kabul, where many loathe the opposition for their internecine squabbles of the 1990s which unleashed savage rocket attacks on the city and killed some 50 thousand residents.

[07] Afghan Journ

Pierre Billaud, 31, died along with fellow French reporter Johanne Sutton, 34, when the Taliban attacked an armoured personnel carrier of the opposition Northern Alliance on which they were travelling.

A correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper had reported three journalists were killed in the attack, Sutton of RFI, a German man working for Stern magazine and a French woman working for RTL.

In Germany, Stern confirmed that a male freelance writer working for the magazine had been killed.

Six reporters came under mortar and machinegun attack as they accompanied Commander Hassan of the Northern Alliance on an inspection of a Taliban trench they thought had surrendered.

The vehicle was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade which did not explode on impact but exploded when it hit the ground.

[08] Markides land

Attorney General Alekos Markides said that the decision to go ahead with the first lawsuit, was taken after been briefed by police officials conducting a criminal inquiry.

Two more lawsuits, are to be filed by Wednesday.

[09] Turkey Solomou

Turkey's top security agency said that the directive has been withdrwawn, after a request by the turkish side, and that Interpol has notified all its members of this fact, since last March.

However, Kontaksi himself, in an interview to a Turkish newspaper, complained that he has been unable to travel for the past five years, because of the Interpol directive.

[10] Mideast wrap

The latest Israeli incursion into Palestinian-ruled territory followed an attack inside Israel last night in which a Palestinian gunman shot dead a security guard near the border with the West Bank.

The fresh violence occurred after Palestinian President Yasser Arafat told the U.N. General Assembly he welcomed U.S. support for a two-state solution to the conflict, while accusing Israel of practising state terror against a 13-month-old Palestinian uprising.

But despite the verbal backing at the U.N. General Assembly, no new peace moves were apparent and Arafat faced further pressure to crack down on Palestinian militants.

[11] Tailer

According to reports in he Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter, suggestions received by the newsletter MOBIL ranged from a simple small flap mirror for busy women applying make-up on the run to advanced gadgets such as a fire alarm for executives staying at hotels.

Another idea was to equip cellphones with a small stick-like gadget with which weight-conscious users could poke their hamburger or salad to measure calories.

MOBIL's readers also said they would like handsets that could measure wind force and air pressure as well as mobile phones with an built-in flashlight.

[12] Weather

Winds will be light to moderate northwesterly, three to four beaufort, over slight to moderate seas.

Tonight it will remain mainly clear.

Winds will be light northwesterly to northeasterly three beaufort, over slight seas.

Temperatures will fall to 12 degrees inland, 14 on the coast and eight on the mountains.

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