Cyprus Mail: News Articles in English, 02-12-08

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From: The Cyprus Mail at <http://www.cyprus-mail.com/>

Sunday, December 8, 2002

CONTENTS

[01] BP strikers go back to work but Exxon-Mobil stay out

[02] Exhumations halted after refusal to provide samples

[03] Briton found dead outside apartment

[04] Ancient Cypriot coins seized in Italy

[01] BP strikers go back to work but Exxon-Mobil stay out

B.P. EMPLOYEES yesterday agreed to call off an indefinite strike after an agreement was reached on renewal of a collective agreement between unions and the company.

The dispute arose during negotiations when demands for a rise in pensions and redundancy pay were denied.

A proposal issued by the Labour Ministry's mediation service clarifying the arrangements for pension increases caused outrage among the employees who staged 24- and 48-hour strikes last week.

But the talks that took yesterday did not satisfy Exxon-Mobil employees who were also on strike and who vowed to stay out indefinitely until all their demands are met.

A statement from BP said the strike has been called off and petrol stations on the island and at airports and ports will be back in business from tomorrow.

Speaking to the Sunday Mail, PEO union spokesman Athos Eleftheriou said BP had agreed to the employees' demands.

“BP has agreed to pay 100 per cent of Cost of Living Allowance,” he said.

“Their employees have agreed to the terms and the strike has been called off.”

On Friday, BP Chairman George Petrou said that if the strike continued, petrol stations on the island would be left without fuel from early next week, leading to speculation that the same would apply for Esso and Mobil petrol stations, run by Exxon-Mobil, if an agreement is not reached by tomorrow.

Exxon-Mobil spokesmen were yesterday unavailable for comment.

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[02] Exhumations halted after refusal to provide samples

According to the Larnaca Press the government yesterday told a Turkish Cypriot representative in the investigative committee about the discovery of the remains and asked that blood samples be taken from the victims' relatives in order to identify the remains through DNA testing.

However, the Turkish Cypriot side refused to provide the Physicians for Human Rights organisation with the samples, leaving scientists with no other option but to halt the investigation because of the lack of evidence.

The remains were covered and investigations are expected to resume in February, if the samples can be collected from the relatives then.

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[03] Briton found dead outside apartment

According to a police bulletin, Peter Hall Broadbent was found lying half naked in a pool of blood outside the Paradise Gardens apartments. A bottle of whisky was found next to the body.

After an on-the-scene forensic examination, State Pathologist Eleni Antoniou and Forensic Pathologist Marios Matsakis, ruled out any possibility of foul play.

Broadbent is thought to have been drinking when he lost his balance and fell from the balcony of his apartment.

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[04] Ancient Cypriot coins seized in Italy

The Italian Embassy in Nicosia said the Italian authorities launched an investigation near San Marino after reports from Interpol in Rome that a company based there was selling coins over the Internet.

A police search at a house close to the border with San Marino netted around 10,000 coins as well as other archaeological finds.

Further investigation into the suspect company's accounts uncovered a criminal organisation that had made millions of euros from selling stolen antiquities in Italy and abroad, the embassy said.

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