Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 03-03-07

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CONTENTS

[01] House ratifies conventions and protocols

[02] Organisers ask Morfou residents to donate blood for T/C girl

[03] UN envoy: no plans for week-long meetings in The Hague

[04] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[05] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[06] Spokesman: we may decide on our reply at The Hague

[01] House ratifies conventions and protocols

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House ratifies conventions and protocols

Nicosia, Mar 7 (CNA) -- The Cyprus House of Representatives approved Thursday evening a law, ratifying the UNIDROIT Convention on the International Return of Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects.

The convention, which applies to claims of an international character, provides for the restitution of stolen cultural objects and the return of cultural objects removed from the territory of a Contracting State contrary to its law regulating the export of cultural objects for the purpose of protecting its cultural heritage.

The 56-member Parliament also ratified the instruments of the 22nd meeting of the Universal Postal Union and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, which seeks to protect biological diversity from the potential risks, posed by living modified organisms resulting from modern biotechnology.

Furthermore, it passed the Madrid Protocol, which is one of the Madrid Union Treaties, enabling the registration of International Trademarks with the WIPO.

The House also ratified the protocol attached to the agreement between the government of the Republic of Cyprus and the government of the Italian republic on the readmission of persons illegally entering and/or staying in the territory of the two countries, for the implementation.

In addition, it approved the Cyprus-Egypt Agreement, delimiting the exclusive economic zone in the sea area between the two countries.

[02] Organisers ask Morfou residents to donate blood for T/C girl

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Organisers ask Morfou residents to donate blood for T/C girl

[03] UN envoy: no plans for week-long meetings in The Hague

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UN envoy: no plans for week-long meetings in The Hague

Nicosia, Mar 7 (CNA) -- The programme of Monday's meeting in The Hague with the leaders of the two communities in Cyprus has not been finalised, UN Secretary General's Special Adviser on Cyprus Alvaro de Soto told CNA here today, and indicated that consultations with the two parties would take place on Monday but not beyond that.

De Soto said on Sunday he would be meeting the Secretary General Kofi Annan in The Hague and would be in touch with Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos to inform him about the procedure of the Monday meetings.

[04] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Mar 7 (CNA) -- The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                               86,07   ( 0,88)

Traded Value                  CYP    466.879

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP    234.649   333,59   ( 2,01)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP    192.265    96,12   ( 1,73)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP      8.188    75,59   ( 1,00)
Insurance Companies           CYP      3.226    18,79   ( 5,09)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP     18.882    59,21   ( 0,82)
Tourism Companies             CYP     13.372    89,53   (-1,19)
Trading Companies             CYP     12.969    18,47   ( 0,87)
Building and Cement Companies CYP      5.395    71,78   (-0,39)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP      1.783     2,93   (-2,33)
Financial Services Companies  CYP     30.806    16,02   (-0,31)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP      3.334    11,59   ( 3,30)
Hotels                        CYP      7.203    44,04   (-0,34)
Other Companies               CYP     46.046    79,73   ( 0,30)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[05] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Mar 7 (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                18             8         FAIR
Larnaca                20             7         CLOUDY
Limassol               20             9         FINE
Paphos                 18            11         FAIR

[06] Spokesman: we may decide on our reply at The Hague

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Spokesman:we may decide on our reply at The Hague

Nicosia, Mar 7 (CNA) Government Spokesman Kypros Chrisostomides has said that the Greek Cypriot side may take its final decision on whether it will hold a referendum on a UN peace proposal, on Monday, at The Hague.

The spokesman also said that former President of the Republic, Glafcos Clerides would travel to The Hague with President Tassos Papadopoulos and members of the National Council for a meeting with the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, who has invited the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot sides there to tell him if they will put to the people of Cyprus his plan for a comprehensive settlement.

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