Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 02-11-08

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CONTENTS

[01] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[02] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[03] Syria ready to supply Cyprus with natural gas

[04] Cyprus government to protest buzzing of CY plane

[05] Decision to submit solution plan to be made in the next 24 hours

[06] Clerides prefers solution plan to be submitted after elections

[07] Spokesman says no change in Turkish policy

[08] Eckhard: Annan close to a decision on plan, consults leaders

[09] Kasoulides: Turkey to heed the call and respect UN resolutions

[10] Commission in touch with UN Chief on Cyprus solution plan

[01] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Nov 8 (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)
---------------------------------------------------------------
Nicosia                  27          12          FAIR         Larnaca                  27          15          FINE
Limassol                 27          16          FINE
Paphos                   26          14          FAIR

[02] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Nov 8 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                              102,76   (-2,89)

Traded Value                  CYP  3.723.620

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP  1.640.875   397,54   (-4,50)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP  1.114.862   112,80   (-3,92)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP    158.144    91,68   (-2,44)
Insurance Companies           CYP     35.185    24,00   (-2,16)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP     83.685    67,01   (-2,60)
Tourism Companies             CYP     48.702   124,86   (-0,53)
Trading Companies             CYP     51.066    21,60   (-3,18)
Building and Cement Companies CYP     23.231    70,96   ( 2,66)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP    116.010     3,91   (-3,93)
Financial Services Companies  CYP    331.199    25,17   (-1,68)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP        046    16,48   (-2,43)
Hotels                        CYP    161.817    52,11   (-3,29)
Other Companies               CYP    619.644    98,63   (-2,97)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[03] Syria ready to supply Cyprus with natural gas

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Syria is ready to supply Cyprus with natural gas

Nicosia, Nov 8 (CNA) -- Syria is now ready to supply Cyprus with three million cubic metres of natural gas per day through a submarine pipe, Syrian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources Ibrahim Haddad said here today after talks on energy matters with Cyprus Commerce, Industry and Tourism Minister Nicos Rolandis.

[04] Cyprus government to protest buzzing of CY plane

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Cyprus government to protest buzzing of CY plane

Nicosia, Nov 8 (CNA) -- The Cyprus government described today as unacceptable action the buzzing of a Cyprus Airways passenger plane yesterday by two Turkish warplanes.

Government Spokesman Michalis Papapetrou said Cyprus and Greece would make representations over the incident, which took place near the Greek island of Rhodes.

[05] Decision to submit solution plan to be made in the next 24 hours

CNA has learned the decision to submit the plan or not will be taken in the next 24 hours and will be handed over to the two sides next week.

[06] Clerides prefers solution plan to be submitted after elections

Explaining the reason, Clerides said it would be more reasonable the issue is handled in a composed manner after the elections.

Speaking Thursday, Clerides remarked it would not be wise any plan by the UN Secretary-General to constitute an issue during the Presidential elections campaign.

Asked if he is optimistic there will be a Cyprus settlement, President Clerides said by nature he is optimistic, only to add that experience has taught him that optimism does not always bring the desired results.

Invited to comment on statements made on Cyprus by Turkeys election winner, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), President Clerides said the only clear statement Erdogan has made is that he would like to see an improvement in Greco-Turkish relations.

[07] Spokesman says no change in Turkish policy

Government Spokesman Michalis Papapetrou said if Olgun had limited himself in saying a solution is possible by December 12, obviously there would have been something worthwhile in his statements.

But when he reiterates the theory of two states and two sovereignties, I believe there has been no change in his positions, Papapetrou added.

[08] Eckhard: Annan close to a decision on plan, consults leaders

He also confirmed that Annan has called various leaders yesterday and today to make up his mind but avoided revealing details.

Eckhard said, during his daily press briefing, that Annan met Thursday his Special Advisor, Alvaro de Soto and that he may talk to him again today.

I think he is very close to a decision, but as of this morning, that final decision still had not been made, Eckhard added.

The spokesman was not in a position to say when De Soto will be returning to Cyprus.

Eckhard replied positively to a question whether the Secretary-General had made phone calls to various leaders to make up his mind to submit the plan or not, just like he did with the Iraqi issue.

[09] Kasoulides: Turkey to heed the call and respect UN resolutions

In an article in the quarterly magazine The National Interest, devoted to American foreign policy and world politics, Kasoulides said the vision for Cyprus requires a departure from the passions of the past for the best interests of all people on the island, as well as for regional stability.

Entitled Enforcing all UN Resolutions: The Key to a Cyprus Settlement, Kasoulides article refers to the recent speeches of President George W. Bush and Secretary General Kofi Annan, delivered before the United Nations General Assembly in September.

He says Turkey, whose military continues to illegally occupy nearly forty percent of Cyprus since 1974, defies UN resolutions by demanding that the international community accept the ''realities'' of the status quo brought about by its aggression.

[10] Commission in touch with UN Chief on Cyprus solution plan

Spokesman for Enlargement Commissioner, Jean-Christophe Filori told CAN the European Commission is helping the UN Secretary-General and replies to all his questions so that the solution plan to be submitted will comply with the fundamental principles of the acquis communautaire.

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