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CONTENTS

[01] Commonwealth supports unity of a reunited Cyprus

[02] Cyprus and Athens Stock Exchanges to cooperate.

[03] US: democratic principles respected in Cyprus

[04] Conference of Commonwealth nurses to be held in Cyprus

[05] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[06] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[07] Spokesman: we will protest US report approach

[08] Government satisfied with final Commowealth communique

[09] Cyprus and Lebanon to delimitate their exlcusive economic zone

[01] Commonwealth supports unity of a reunited Cyprus

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Commonwealth supports unity of a reunited Cyprus

Nicosia, Mar 5 (CNA) -- Commonwealth leaders have reaffirmed their support to UN Security Council resolutions on Cyprus and a solution to the Cyprus problem that would ensure the independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and unity of a reunited Cyprus.

In a reference on Cyprus in their final communique issued today, at the end of the Commonwealth Summit held in Australia, the Heads of Government welcomed the resumption of talks on the Cyprus question held between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot sides, under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General, "within the framework of his mandate of good offices mission as described in Security Council resolution 1250."

The Commonwealth leaders noted that progress could only be made at the negotiating table and encouraged all concerned to co-operate fully with the Secretary-General and his Special Adviser "to show flexibility and negotiate to the conclusion of a just and lasting settlement consistent with relevant Security Council resolutions."

Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides, who represented the President of the Republic at the Commonwealth summit, expressed satisfaction with the reference on Cyprus in the final communique, adding that it fully covers those parameters, which are important for the Greek Cypriot side.

Kasoulides noted that the communique takes into consideration the fact that the direct talks on the Cyprus question were being held and sets out the principles for a solution of the problem, "which are the UN resolutions and the principle of the territorial integrity of one state of Cyprus and the support of the independence and sovereignty of that state."

The full text of the Cyprus reference in the final communique of the Commonweaslth summit reads as follows:

"Recalling and reaffirming previous United Nations Security Council resolutions and reaffirming their previous communiques on Cyprus, Heads of Government welcomed the resumption of talks between the two sides under the auspices of the United Nations Secretary-General within the framework of his mandate of good offices mission as described in Security Council resolution 1250.

They noted that progress could only be made at the negotiating table and encouraged all concerned to co-operate fully with the Secretary-General and his Special Adviser to show flexibility and negotiate to the conclusion of a just and lasting settlement consistent with relevant Security Council resolutions.

Heads of Government reiterated their support for a Cyprus settlement that ensures the independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and unity of a reunited Cyprus."

[02] Cyprus and Athens Stock Exchanges to cooperate.

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Cyprus and Athens Stock Exchanges to cooperate.

Nicosia, Mar 5 (CNA) -- The Stock Exchanges of Cyprus (CSE) and Athens (ASE) have agreed to sign a protocol for cooperation this month during a visit to Cyprus by the chairman of (ASE), Panayiotis Alexakis.

[03] US: democratic principles respected in Cyprus

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US: democratic principles respected in Cyprus

Nicosia, Mar 5 (CNA) -- Democratic principles generally are respected in both the government-controlled areas of Cyprus and in the Turkish Cypriot community, US State Department report on human rights for 2001 says.

The report reiterates that Washington does not recognise the self-styled Turkish Cypriot regime in the island's Turkish-occupied areas, that it considers the judiciary in both communities "generally independent" but points out that the treatment of Greek Cypriots in occupied Cyprus "still falls short of Turkish Cypriot obligations" under a 1975 agreement it has signed.

The 25-page report makes a special reference to a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that found Turkey guilty of human rights violations in Cyprus stemming from the 1974 "Turkish military intervention" as it calls Turkey's invasion of 20 July 1974.

[04] Conference of Commonwealth nurses to be held in Cyprus

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Conference of Commonwealth nurses to be held in Cyprus

Nicosia, Mar 5 (CAN)---The 4th European Regional Conference of the Commonwealth Nurses Federation will be held in Nicosia from 7-9 March, entitled "Nursing and the Commonwealth agenda: the European perspective".

[05] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Mar 5 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                              116.30 ( 2,63)

Traded Value                  CYP  3.090.404

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP  1.203.890   483,07  ( 2,67)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP    489.366   130,60  ( 2,60)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP    239.755   108,56  ( 2,19)
Insurance Companies           CYP     26.480    40,85  ( 3,52)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP     89.455    56,38  ( 2,60)
Tourism Companies             CYP    130.829    83,92  ( 2,58)
Trading Companies             CYP     80.872    29,18  ( 2,53)
Building and Cement Companies CYP     35.554    54,94  ( 0,62)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP     89.768     7,11  ( 3,19)
Financial Services Companies  CYP    372.485    24,50  ( 2,64)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP     50        21,27  ( 0,76)
Hotels                        CYP    387.193    72,65  ( 4,04)
Other Companies               CYP    910.693   119,44  ( 2,55)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[06] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Mar 5 (CNA) - Today's weather and temperatures for Cyprus,
according to the Meteorological Service at Larnaca International
Airport are:

Temperatures (degrees Celcius)
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Station               Maximum     Minimum       Weather
(At 1200 UTC)
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Nicosia                  24           9         FINE
Larnaca                  23           9         FINE
Limassol                 22          12         FINE
Paphos                   20           9         FINE

[07] Spokesman: we will protest US report approach

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Spokesman: we will protest US report approach

Nicosia, Mar 5 (CNA) -- The government will protest to Washington the approach it has adopted in its 2001 human rights report on Cyprus, which places the legal government of the Republic on an equal par with the illegal Turkish Cypriot regime in the island's northern Turkish occupied areas.

According to the government, the State Department report has "many inaccuracies" which will be pointed out to avoid their repetition.

[08] Government satisfied with final Commowealth communique

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Government satisfied with final Commonwealth communique

Nicosia, Mar 5 (CNA) - Cyprus government expressed satisfaction with the reference on Cyprus in the final communique of the 2002 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting which wrapped up today in Australia.

[09] Cyprus and Lebanon to delimitate their exlcusive economic zone

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Cyprus and Lebanon to delimitate their exlcusive economic zone

Nicosia, Mar 5 (CNA) Cyprus Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Nicos Rolandis said here today that Cyprus and Lebanon would be able in the next few months to reach an agreement on the delimitation of the exclusive economic zone between them.

Rolandis met here today Lebanese Energy and Water Minister Mohammad Hamid Beydoun with whom he also discussed natural gas issues. Rolandis said that he and his counterparts from neighbouring countries are currently discussing the possibility of Cyprus becoming the base for liquefying natural gas and selling it to European and mainly Mediterranean markets.

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