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Cyprus News Agency: News in English (AM), 00-01-09
CONTENTS
[01] T/Cypriot pilgrims - Hala Sultan Mosque
[02] House President - Heart Surgery
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[01] T/Cypriot pilgrims - Hala Sultan Mosque
Larnaca Jan 9 (CNA) -- More than 1,600 Turkish Cypriots, living in Turkish
occupied Cyprus, crossed this morning into the southern government-
controlled part of the island to pray at one of the holiest Islamic shrines,
the Hala Sultan Mosque, on the southern coast.
The 1,685 Turkish Cypriots, including young people and children, were
ferried in 33 buses supplied by the government of the Republic and were
accompanied by the Cyprus police and UN vehicles.
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[02] House President - Heart Surgery
Nicosia Jan 9 (CNA) -- Spyros Kyprianou, President of the House of
Representatives, will undergo heart surgery at a specialised US clinic in
late January.
Kyprianou will be at the Cleverland Clinic Foundation, in Ohio on
January 16 to undergo surgery on the mitral valve.
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