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Cyprus News Agency: News in English (AM), 00-06-15
CONTENTS
[01] Cyprus - Fires - Greek aircraft
[02] UN Security Council - UNFICYP
[03] President - House Committee - Fires
[04] Labour MP - Cyprus - Loizidou case
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[01] Cyprus - Fires - Greek aircraft
Nicosia, Jun 15 (CNA) -- Greek fire-fighters are expected on the island
here Thursday morning to help battle the fires which are burning in Larnaca
and Limassol districts, endangering residential areas and causing several
people to be admitted to hospital for respiratory problems.
Police announced this morning that fires are still blazing in the teh
villages of Vavla, Vavatsinia, Ora, Layia, Parsata, Vasa Kelakiou,
Pareklisia and Asgata.
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[02] UN Security Council - UNFICYP
Nicosia, Jun 15 (CNA) - The Security Council has extended the UN peace-
keeping force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) mandate for another six months, after the
government of the Republic gave its consent following a diplomatic battle
not to include an addendum to the Secretary-General's report with a Turkish
Cypriot demand for separate consultations with UNFICYP.
After the approval of resolution 1303, Council President French permanent
representative Jean-David Levitte said its members wished every success for
the proximity talks on the Cyprus issue, scheduled to begin in Geneva on
July 5.
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President - House Committee - Fires
Nicosia, Jun 15 (CNA) -- Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides will fly over
the areas where fires are still raging in the Larnaca district and will
hold an extraordinary meeting with ministers and other high-ranking
officials.
The House Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment committee has
postponed a session scheduled for today and its members were due to visit
the destroyed area.
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[04] Labour MP - Cyprus - Loizidou case
Nicosia, Jun 15 (CNA) - Many MPs from Britain and other Council of Europe
(CoE) member states will seek to have Turkey expelled if it continues to
flout the European Court of Human Rights ruling in the case of Greek
Cypriot Titina Loizidou, a British MP has said.
In an interview with the London Greek Radio (LGR) today Labour MP Tom Cox
criticised Ankara for deliberate delays in the implementation of the Court
ruling and said that all CoE member states, apart from Turkey, believe the
judgement must be honoured.
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