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Cyprus Mail: Press Review in English, 99-08-21

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Saturday, August 21, 1999

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/ Britain to step up diplomatic efforts

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YESTERDAY'S papers divided their front page attention between a variety of subjects.

_Phileleftheros

_ said British foreign secretary Robin Cook and his Greek counterpart Yiannis Kranidiotis would be meeting shortly to discuss the Cyprus problem.

The paper also said British envoy Sir David Hannay would be visiting the island soon. Phileleftheros said Sir David had asked both the Greek and Turkish Cypriot side when he could pay them visits.

The paper said that President Glafcos Clerides and Foreign Minister Yiannakis Cassoulides had answered they would be available in the first fortnight of September while no answer had yet been received from Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash.

_Haravghi

_ said Turkey was still counting its dead while reporting that Turkish papers had been condemning their government for not being prepared for the disaster.

The paper quoted press agencies as putting the number of fatalities at 5, 300 with 30,000 injuries, while its own sources said more than 7,000 people had died.

The paper also said that Akel secretary-general Demetris Christofias felt renewed following his kidney transplant operation in London.

_Haravghi

_ said Christofias had thanked all the people that had supported him through his ordeal, in particular his sister Despina who donated her kidney to Christofias and his wife Elsi.

He said that he would not have come through his ordeal without Elsi's help and called her his guardian angel.

_Alithia

_ also reported on the "chaos in Turkey" saying that besides the country's devastating deaths and injuries, Turkey had also suffered a lot of damage to its economy.

_Alithia

_ said that many costly construction projects had been flattened in the earthquake. The paper said various countries had already promised to give Turkey financial aid going into hundreds of millions of pounds.

The paper also reported on rumours that the United Democrats vice president was up for the position of government spokesman.

_Alithia

_ said Michaelis Papapetrou was "widely acknowledged by Cyprus society for his seriousness and political beliefs."

_Simerini

_ had a headline saying that Diko had formed a separate company in order to buy shares on the Stock Exchange.

The paper said that a month before Louise Cruise Lines went on the market, the political party created a company called MTE.

The paper also reported that Turkey had thanked Cyprus for the first time since 1974.

The paper said that Turkey had answered Cyprus' offer for aid for the earthquake victims with, "Cyprus thank you very much, our people are in a very difficult position. Help us as much as you can."

_Machi

_ said that thousands of people had been trapped in the ruins of fallen buildings: "Four days after the catastrophic earthquake in Turkey the number of dead people has risen dramatically."

The paper said that the cemeteries in the area worst hit by the quake were already full and that a large number of the dead were being kept in ice- filled room such as skating rinks.

_Machi

_ also said that dead bodies still trapped in the ruins had begun to smell in the summer heat and unidentifiable bodies were being buried immediately to avoid even more serious health risks to the living.

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