Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 02-01-04

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CONTENTS

[01] Greek Cypriot takes Turkey to Court on missing husband and son

[02] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[03] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[04] British bank operating branches in Turkish occupied areas

[01] Greek Cypriot takes Turkey to Court on missing husband and son

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Greek Cypriot takes Turkey to Court on missing husband and son

Nicosia, Jan 4 (CNA) -- Turkey will most probably be called once again to explain herself before the European Court of Human Rights in connection with its responsibility for the fate of two missing Greek Cypriots, a father and a son, whom its occupation troops arrested for questioning in 1974 and were never to be seen or heard since.

The wife and mother of the two, Panayiota Pavlou Solomi, has filed an application to the Court against Ankara demanding investigation into the whereabouts of her husband and son, who was 17 at the time, and also claiming access to her property in the Turkish-occupied northern part of Cyprus.

In an interview with CNA, she said a year after the invasion she personally handed a letter to Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash with all the details of her relatives' arrest and detention noted down and asked for their release. Despite Denktash's promises to help on this matter, she has heard no word from him in the past 28 years.

[02] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Jan 4 (CNA) - Today's weather and temperatures for Cyprus,
according to the Meteorological Service at Larnaca International
Airport are:

Temperatures (degrees Celcius)
---------------------------------------------------------------
Station               Maximum     Minimum       Weather
(At 1200 UTC)
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Nicosia                  10           2         RAIN
Larnaca                  16           4         SHOWER
Limassol                 14           6         CLOUDY
Paphos                   16           7         CLOUDY

[03] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Jan 4 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                              131,16  (-1,66)

Traded Value                  CYP  3.347.345

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP  1.512.120   526,36  (-0,85)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP    461.293   143,16  (-0,76)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP    186.136   126,64  (-2,44)
Insurance Companies           CYP    111.617    51,71  (-1,88)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP     98.501    56,29  (-2,12)
Tourism Companies             CYP    110.422   101,14  (-3,48)
Trading Companies             CYP    119.592    33,52  (-1,09)
Building and Cement Companies CYP     22.680    55,74  (-0,91)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP     91.463     8,57  (-1,27)
Financial Services Companies  CYP    602.897    29,29  (-3,17)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP        275    26,16  (-0,08)
Hotels                        CYP    440.738    81,75  (-1,80)
Other Companies               CYP    799.616   145,56  (-2,47)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[04] British bank operating branches in Turkish occupied areas

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British bank operating branches in Turkish occupied areas

Nicosia, Jan 4 (CNA) - Britain's Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) confirmed today that it had purchased Turkish DemirBank, which illegally operates three branches in the Turkish occupied areas of Cyprus, something that sparked concerns in Cyprus' government-controlled areas.

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