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Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation: News in English, 03-11-24Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation at <http://www.cybc.com.cy/>CONTENTS
[01] HeadlinesForeign minister Yiorgos Iacovou confirmed that Turkey and the Turkish cypriot leader Rauf Denktash, have, in the last few months, been preparing a document, to be submitted to the UN Secretary General as ideas for the solution of the Cyprus issue,The Denktash regime is handing out turkish cypriot property in the occupied territories to settlers in order to secure their votes in the December illegal vote, Georgia's new leaders, boosted by U.S. support for the bloodless ouster of President Eduard Shevardnadze, sought urgent financial aid and called for order and stability after the country's "velvet revolution" AND A fire, possibly caused by an electrical fault, swept through a Moscow dormitory block in the early hours, killing 32 foreign students and injuring 139 others. [02] Iacovou CyprusForeign minister Yiorgos Iacovou confirmed that Turkey and the Turkish cypriot leader Rauf Denktash, have, in the last few months, been preparing a document, to be submitted to the UN Secretary General as ideas for the solution of the Cyprus issue. Mr Iacovou confirmed Ankara's intention, during his comments over a report published in today's edition of "Phileleptheros", claiming that Turkey is preparing a solution plan which will be presented following the illegal elections in the occupied territories and calls for separate referenda on a two state solution. The foreign minister said that the government has not been informed of this officially, but through several sources. What seems to be happening, he added, is that the Turkish plan is based on the creation of two independent and sovereign states in Cyprus. Mr Iacovou's comments came following a meeting this morning, with the Portoguese deputy foreign minister, responsible for European affairs, on an official visit to Nicosia.[03] Occupied propertyThe Denktash regime is handing out turkish cypriot property in the occupied territories to settlers in order to secure their votes in the December illegal vote. According to reports in the Turkish cypriot daily "Ortam", Rauf Denktash and the Eroglou and Serdar Denktash political parties, having handed out Greek cypriot property, are now usurping property inherited by Turkish cypriots from their ancestors. The paper refers to a particular case of a family of Turkish cypriots with property in the mixed village of Petra, in occupied Morphou, which the illegal regime, handed over to settlers. When the members of the family presented the ownership documents to the illegal authorities, they claimed that the titles are not valid, because they go back to the time of British rule.[04] GeorgiaGeorgia's new leaders, boosted by U.S. support for the bloodless ouster of President Eduard Shevardnadze, sought urgent financial aid and called for order and stability after the country's "velvet revolution".A senior economic aide close to the interim president said Georgia would ask Washington for 5 million dollars to stage new elections after a discredited November 2 parliamentary ballot which led to Shevardnadze's downfall. Shevardnadze, 75, resigned late last night, bowing to three weeks of mass protests over economic mismanagement and widespread corruption during his 11 years in power, culminating in alleged vote-rigging in the November parliamentary polls. Washington voiced support overnight for Nino Burdzhanadze, speaker of the outgoing parliament, who will act as head of state until new polls in the impoverished former Soviet state. Under the constitution, presidential elections must be held within 45 days in the Caucasus mountain state of five million, but the status of the contested new parliament is ambiguous. One strongly tipped candidate to replace the snowy-haired Shevardnadze is Mikhail Saakashvili, a 35-year-old U.S.-trained lawyer who, with Burdzhanadze, led the protests that toppled him. [05] Russia FireA fire, possibly caused by an electrical fault, swept through a Moscow dormitory block in the early hours, killing 32 foreign students and injuring 139 others.With freezing temperatures outside, many casualties had jumped from windows to escape the blaze in the crowded five-storey block housing students from the developing world at Moscow's Patrice Lumumba People's Friendship University. According to the trade union of foreign students, among the casualties were students from China, Bangladesh, Vietnam and a number of African countries. Twenty-eight people died inside the building, three bodies were discovered outside and one person died later. He said 139 people had been treated for injuries and a total of 272 people. Students said the concrete block, a typical example of buildings hastily thrown up across the Soviet Union in the 1960s, had housed newly arrived students awaiting medical checks, and was notorious for being filthy and overcrowded. Vashish, 22, a medical student from Mauritius, said one of its two staircases was blocked. Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov told NTV that investigators suspected the fire was caused by an electrical fault. However, Russian agencies reported a criminal investigation had been opened and authorities were not ruling out arson. [06] Iraq securityThe United Nations should enlist troops more fearsome than regular peacekeepers to protect its installations in Iraq, the author of a report on U.N. security in the country.Almost all international U.N. staff have been evacuated from Baghdad since a suicide truck bomb attack in August devastated the U.N. headquarters there and killed 22, including head of mission Sergio Vieira de Mello. Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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