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September 5 1999

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[01] Government slams Eroglu slur on quake aidBy Jean ChristouACCUSATIONS yesterday by Dervis Eroglu that aid from Greek Cypriots to quake-hit Turkey "amounted to nothing" were slammed by the government.According to the Anatolia news agency, Eroglu, the Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’, also accused the Cyprus Orthodox Church of preventing aid from reaching its destination by stirring up a hate campaign against the Turks."They have been telling the population that every bit of aid to Turkey will be a bullet aimed at Greek Cypriots," Eroglu said during a visit to the Turkish city of Kayseri."The Greeks raise their children by telling them that the only good Turk is a dead Turk. How can you expect friendship under these circumstances?"He said aid from Cypriots was "no more than" £2,000. "This is nothing," he added. But he praised Greece for what it has done to relieve the situation "like all civilised countries".Only last week the new cabinet in Nicosia approved $100,000 in aid for the victims of the August 18 earthquake which killed more than 15,000 people and left tens of thousands injured and homelessGovernment spokesman Michalis Papapetrou, referring to the cabinet-approved aid, said the money has already been sent directly to the International Red Cross in Geneva."In this respect there is no way any allegations of blocking the amount can be substantiated," he told The Sunday Mail.Greek Cypriot professionals also offered to go to Turkey to help, and a local radio station organised a fund-raising campaign. A medical team from the local branch of Doctors of the World also spent four days in the quake-hit area."Obviously Mr Eroglu is trying to undermine the political message sent from the people of Cyprus to the victims of the earthquake and to the people of Turkey," Papapetrou said yesterday."The way our people expressed solidarity and the efforts to gather aid, besides government aid, underline that the people of Cyprus, putting their bitterness aside, know how to express solidarity to fellow human beings in times of need."

[02] Moses appointed new US special envoy for CyprusTHE FORMER US ambassador to Romania, Alfred Moses, has been appointed President Bill Clinton's special emissary for Cyprus.Moses will replace tough-talking Richard Holbrooke who is now US ambassador to the UN.According to a statement by Clinton's press secretary the post of special emissary was established to "ensure policy-level co-ordination of efforts related to Cyprus and to underscore the President's commitment to resolving the Cyprus dispute".Moses, a prominent Washington lawyer, served as US ambassador to Romania from 1994 to 1997, and was president of the American Jewish Committee from 1991 to 1994.He also held leadership positions in a number of community service organisations and was special adviser and special counsel to the President during the Carter administration.The appointment signals the promised renewed interest in the Cyprus issue by the US following an initiative by the G8 group of countries and recent resolutions by the UN.UN Secretary-general Kofi Annan is expected soon to invite the two sides back to talks slated to take place in New York next month.The expected arrival late last night of new US State Department Cyprus co- ordinator Thomas Weston is also seen as movement in this direction.Weston is not expected to bring any proposals on a trip that is being described as a familiarisation visit.He will meet President Clerides tomorrow.

[03] Four more arrested after murder in the northFOUR more Turkish Cypriots have been arrested in connection with the murder of Greek Cypriot enclaved man Stelios Charpas.According to yesterday's Turkish Cypriot newspaper Kibris, the four are all from the occupied village of Rizokarpasso.They were remanded for three days, the paper said. Three other Turkish Cypriots are already on remand.Charpas, 69, died from severe head injuries as a result of gunshot wounds, autopsy results on both sides confirmed.He was found dead in his burned-out car on Tuesday night, one kilometre from Rizokarpasso.Yesterday House President Spyros Kyprianou called for a plenum debate on the issue of murder and the enclaved in general when parliament resumes on October 7.There are some 500 Greek Cypriots, mostly elderly, living in the Karpass. A total of Greek Cypriots have been murdered in the north since 1974.In Greece, government spokesman Demetris Reppas described the murder of Charpas as "a brutal action deplored by all political parties in Cyprus, even in the occupied areas".He said the governments of Cyprus and Greece should form a joint initiative to make the international community realise that the occupation of Cyprus "would be an open wound in Europe".

[04] Man remanded after cabaret shootingBy Athena KarseraNICOSIA court yesterday remanded a man in connection with the attempted murder of a man outside a Nicosia night spot early on Friday.Kyriacos Georgiou, 21, from Xylotymbou, was remanded for five days after the investigating officer told the court that his alibi during the time of the shooting could not be confirmed.The officer also said that the police had received several statements linking Georgiou to the shooting.Nicosia hospital yesterday said that 20-year-old victim Savvas Savva, 20, remained in a "very critical" condition and on a respirator.Savva, from Strovolos, was shot at repeatedly by a masked assailant. Police said the gunman seemed to have been waiting for his victim in what they are calling a "well-planned" hit.Savva was shot at seven times with a pistol, and was hit by five bullets.The incident happened at approximately 4.30am on Friday as Savva was leaving the Concerto disco with his cousin Andros Emiliou and a friend, Christos Nicos Jakouris.Emiliou and Jakouris escaped unharmed, but now they say they fear for their lives. Emiliou told police that the masked gunman had tried shooting him first.Police yesterday continued questioning a number of people in connection with the shooting, which they believe could have been related to a recent fracas at the club involving the three men.

[05] Tourist, 81, drowns off Ayia NapaAN 81-year-old German tourist has drowned off Ayia Napa. Richard Herbert Haumburger was swimming with his wife between the Asterias Beach and Dome hotels when he went missing.Lifeguards spent two hours looking for Haumburger, and eventually found him on the sea bed 50 metres from the shore.A doctor from Ayia Napa's private Olympic Clinic was present when Haumburger's body was brought ashore, and he pronounced him dead.An autopsy will be carried out tomorrow at Larnaca general hospital.

[06] Zakaki residents protest over desalination plantBy Athena KarseraZAKAKI residents yesterday presented a petition to the British base of RAF Akrotiri and blocked the Limassol harbour roundabout road in protest at the government decision to build a desalination unit in their area.The Bases said that they had not wished to become involved in the issue and had repeatedly asked the government to reconsider constructing the unit on current sovereign base property near Lady's Mile beach.Limassol police yesterday told The Sunday Mailthat 150 peaceful demonstrators congregated outside the Base's administration offices from 10 to 10.40am and then blocked the roundabout road from approximately 11 to 11.05am.Bases civilian administrator Andreas Angelides told the demonstrators: "We contacted the government twice in writing before the decision was made, expressing our concerns on the development and requesting a meeting to further express these worries. We were, however, ignored both times and have still received no response."The Zakaki residents handed Angelides a petition requesting that the Bases not conform with the government's decision to use the Zakaki site.On August 25 the government decided to proceed with plans for the mobile desalination plant, despite the objections of the local residents.The cabinet decided that existing plans would be amended and measures would be taken to ensure there was no noise pollution from the plant in an effort to appease the residents.The government sees desalination as the solution to the island's chronic water problem. But the Zakaki residents are worried about the effects the plant would have on the environment and tourism in the area.

[07] New light shed on Bronze Age smeltingEXCAVATIONS at Pyrgos have shed new light on metallurgical activity in Cyprus at the beginning of the Bronze Age, more than five thousand years ago.The Pyrgos site is the oldest organised installation for processing copper in the world, and is the most unique example available for the study of the earliest metallurgical techniques."Though the period is not yet thoroughly known, these centuries were undoubtedly a focal point in Cypriote Prehistory, marked by technological innovation and development, primarily the beginning of metallurgy," a statement from the Department of Antiquities said.The availability of nearby copper ore and water resources were probably decisive in the establishment of the Pyrgos site.The slag from the site constitutes the earliest evidence of the smelting process found on the island.

[01] Government slams Eroglu slur on quake aidBy Jean ChristouACCUSATIONS yesterday by Dervis Eroglu that aid from Greek Cypriots to quake-hit Turkey "amounted to nothing" were slammed by the government.According to the Anatolia news agency, Eroglu, the Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’, also accused the Cyprus Orthodox Church of preventing aid from reaching its destination by stirring up a hate campaign against the Turks."They have been telling the population that every bit of aid to Turkey will be a bullet aimed at Greek Cypriots," Eroglu said during a visit to the Turkish city of Kayseri."The Greeks raise their children by telling them that the only good Turk is a dead Turk. How can you expect friendship under these circumstances?"He said aid from Cypriots was "no more than" £2,000. "This is nothing," he added. But he praised Greece for what it has done to relieve the situation "like all civilised countries".Only last week the new cabinet in Nicosia approved $100,000 in aid for the victims of the August 18 earthquake which killed more than 15,000 people and left tens of thousands injured and homelessGovernment spokesman Michalis Papapetrou, referring to the cabinet-approved aid, said the money has already been sent directly to the International Red Cross in Geneva."In this respect there is no way any allegations of blocking the amount can be substantiated," he told The Sunday Mail.Greek Cypriot professionals also offered to go to Turkey to help, and a local radio station organised a fund-raising campaign. A medical team from the local branch of Doctors of the World also spent four days in the quake-hit area."Obviously Mr Eroglu is trying to undermine the political message sent from the people of Cyprus to the victims of the earthquake and to the people of Turkey," Papapetrou said yesterday."The way our people expressed solidarity and the efforts to gather aid, besides government aid, underline that the people of Cyprus, putting their bitterness aside, know how to express solidarity to fellow human beings in times of need."

September 5 1999

[02] Moses appointed new US special envoy for CyprusTHE FORMER US ambassador to Romania, Alfred Moses, has been appointed President Bill Clinton's special emissary for Cyprus.Moses will replace tough-talking Richard Holbrooke who is now US ambassador to the UN.According to a statement by Clinton's press secretary the post of special emissary was established to "ensure policy-level co-ordination of efforts related to Cyprus and to underscore the President's commitment to resolving the Cyprus dispute".Moses, a prominent Washington lawyer, served as US ambassador to Romania from 1994 to 1997, and was president of the American Jewish Committee from 1991 to 1994.He also held leadership positions in a number of community service organisations and was special adviser and special counsel to the President during the Carter administration.The appointment signals the promised renewed interest in the Cyprus issue by the US following an initiative by the G8 group of countries and recent resolutions by the UN.UN Secretary-general Kofi Annan is expected soon to invite the two sides back to talks slated to take place in New York next month.The expected arrival late last night of new US State Department Cyprus co- ordinator Thomas Weston is also seen as movement in this direction.Weston is not expected to bring any proposals on a trip that is being described as a familiarisation visit.He will meet President Clerides tomorrow.

September 5 1999

[03] Four more arrested after murder in the northFOUR more Turkish Cypriots have been arrested in connection with the murder of Greek Cypriot enclaved man Stelios Charpas.According to yesterday's Turkish Cypriot newspaper Kibris, the four are all from the occupied village of Rizokarpasso.They were remanded for three days, the paper said. Three other Turkish Cypriots are already on remand.Charpas, 69, died from severe head injuries as a result of gunshot wounds, autopsy results on both sides confirmed.He was found dead in his burned-out car on Tuesday night, one kilometre from Rizokarpasso.Yesterday House President Spyros Kyprianou called for a plenum debate on the issue of murder and the enclaved in general when parliament resumes on October 7.There are some 500 Greek Cypriots, mostly elderly, living in the Karpass. A total of Greek Cypriots have been murdered in the north since 1974.In Greece, government spokesman Demetris Reppas described the murder of Charpas as "a brutal action deplored by all political parties in Cyprus, even in the occupied areas".He said the governments of Cyprus and Greece should form a joint initiative to make the international community realise that the occupation of Cyprus "would be an open wound in Europe".

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September 5 1999

[04] Man remanded after cabaret shootingBy Athena KarseraNICOSIA court yesterday remanded a man in connection with the attempted murder of a man outside a Nicosia night spot early on Friday.Kyriacos Georgiou, 21, from Xylotymbou, was remanded for five days after the investigating officer told the court that his alibi during the time of the shooting could not be confirmed.The officer also said that the police had received several statements linking Georgiou to the shooting.Nicosia hospital yesterday said that 20-year-old victim Savvas Savva, 20, remained in a "very critical" condition and on a respirator.Savva, from Strovolos, was shot at repeatedly by a masked assailant. Police said the gunman seemed to have been waiting for his victim in what they are calling a "well-planned" hit.Savva was shot at seven times with a pistol, and was hit by five bullets.The incident happened at approximately 4.30am on Friday as Savva was leaving the Concerto disco with his cousin Andros Emiliou and a friend, Christos Nicos Jakouris.Emiliou and Jakouris escaped unharmed, but now they say they fear for their lives. Emiliou told police that the masked gunman had tried shooting him first.Police yesterday continued questioning a number of people in connection with the shooting, which they believe could have been related to a recent fracas at the club involving the three men.

September 5 1999

[05] Tourist, 81, drowns off Ayia NapaAN 81-year-old German tourist has drowned off Ayia Napa. Richard Herbert Haumburger was swimming with his wife between the Asterias Beach and Dome hotels when he went missing.Lifeguards spent two hours looking for Haumburger, and eventually found him on the sea bed 50 metres from the shore.A doctor from Ayia Napa's private Olympic Clinic was present when Haumburger's body was brought ashore, and he pronounced him dead.An autopsy will be carried out tomorrow at Larnaca general hospital.

September 5 1999

[06] Zakaki residents protest over desalination plantBy Athena KarseraZAKAKI residents yesterday presented a petition to the British base of RAF Akrotiri and blocked the Limassol harbour roundabout road in protest at the government decision to build a desalination unit in their area.The Bases said that they had not wished to become involved in the issue and had repeatedly asked the government to reconsider constructing the unit on current sovereign base property near Lady's Mile beach.Limassol police yesterday told The Sunday Mailthat 150 peaceful demonstrators congregated outside the Base's administration offices from 10 to 10.40am and then blocked the roundabout road from approximately 11 to 11.05am.Bases civilian administrator Andreas Angelides told the demonstrators: "We contacted the government twice in writing before the decision was made, expressing our concerns on the development and requesting a meeting to further express these worries. We were, however, ignored both times and have still received no response."The Zakaki residents handed Angelides a petition requesting that the Bases not conform with the government's decision to use the Zakaki site.On August 25 the government decided to proceed with plans for the mobile desalination plant, despite the objections of the local residents.The cabinet decided that existing plans would be amended and measures would be taken to ensure there was no noise pollution from the plant in an effort to appease the residents.The government sees desalination as the solution to the island's chronic water problem. But the Zakaki residents are worried about the effects the plant would have on the environment and tourism in the area.

September 5 1999

[07] New light shed on Bronze Age smeltingEXCAVATIONS at Pyrgos have shed new light on metallurgical activity in Cyprus at the beginning of the Bronze Age, more than five thousand years ago.The Pyrgos site is the oldest organised installation for processing copper in the world, and is the most unique example available for the study of the earliest metallurgical techniques."Though the period is not yet thoroughly known, these centuries were undoubtedly a focal point in Cypriote Prehistory, marked by technological innovation and development, primarily the beginning of metallurgy," a statement from the Department of Antiquities said.The availability of nearby copper ore and water resources were probably decisive in the establishment of the Pyrgos site.The slag from the site constitutes the earliest evidence of the smelting process found on the island.

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