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CONTENTS

[01] USA: Turkish forces use US weapons under agreements

[02] Cyprus not satisfied with new US remarks

[03] Cypriot Minister says US weapons and Turkish troops illegal

[04] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[05] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[06] Cyprus and US set to sign interstate agreement on WMD

[07] US official says UN plan for Cyprus settlement was fair

[01] USA: Turkish forces use US weapons under agreements

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USA: Turkish forces use US weapons under agreements

by Demetris Apokis

Washington, Jul 28 (CNA) -- The use of US military equipment by Turkish forces is governed by legal agreements, which are followed, Adam Ereli, State Department's Deputy Spokesman, has said.

Ereli was responding to questions regarding Cyprus government's protests against the use of american weapons by Turkish troops occupying 37 per cent of Cyprus territory since 1974. US-made weapons were displayed during a military parade in the occupied part of the capital Nicosia on 20 July, 30th anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.

The State Department Deputy Spokesman said the US firm view on the question of troops in Cyprus is that ''the island should be demilitarized''.

[02] Cyprus not satisfied with new US remarks

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Cyprus not satisfied with new US remarks

Nicosia, Jul 28 (CNA) -- The government of the Republic of Cyprus said here today it was not satisfied with fresh statements by the US State Department with regard to the presence of US-made weapons in the island's northern Turkish occupied areas, carried and used by the occupation army.

''The response of the State Department deputy spokesman does not satisfy us and therefore today I reiterated yesterday's demarche to Washington's Ambassador Michael Klosson on this issue,'' Foreign Ministry Permanent Representative Ambassador Sotos Zakheos told CNA.

Speaking after talks with Klosson, Zakheos said Klosson had repeated to him that the US administration's standing position was to see Cyprus demilitarised.

Klosson, Zakheos added, stopped short of making any reference to any legal framework which governs US-made weapons the Turkish forces have.

The Cypriot official said the government had pointed out that the problem lies with the illegal Turkish occupation and the presence of the Turkish troops.

[03] Cypriot Minister says US weapons and Turkish troops illegal

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Cypriot Minister says US weapons and Turkish troops illegal

Nicosia, Jul 28 (CNA) -- Cypriot Minister of Defence Kyriakos Mavronicolas said today that US weapons and the Turkish occupation army are both in Cyprus illegally, noting that this emerges not from subjective views but from the study of the whole US legal framework in relation to the presence of US-made weapons in the areas of the island under Turkish occupation since 1974.

Commenting on statements made yesterday by State Department Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli regarding the US weapons in the Turkish occupied areas, Mavronicolas said the Republic's Ministries of Defence and Foreign Affairs would explain where they based their position regarding the whole issue.

He said the views of the Republic of Cyprus ''are based on evidence according to the laws in the US community itself.''

[04] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Jul 28 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                               74,03   ( 0,82)

Traded Value                  CYP     291.068

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP     205.674  328,56   ( 0,92)
FTSE Med 100                                 6.248,43   ( 1,09)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP     159.117   95,54   ( 1,42)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP       2.544   72,42   ( 0,47)
Insurance Companies           CYP         230   11,98   ( 1,87)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP      10.094   47,41   ( 0,98)
Tourism Companies             CYP       1.627   44,57   ( 0,70)
Trading Companies             CYP      51.722   20,50   ( 0,10)
Building and Cement Companies CYP       3.755   59,68   (-2,86)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP       5.773    2,32   ( 1,31)
Financial Services Companies  CYP       2.083    6,81   ( 0,15)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP           0   11,51   ( 0,17)
Hotels                        CYP      11.841   27,09   ( 1,42)
Other Companies               CYP      41.348   60,78   ( 0,73)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[05] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Jul 28 (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                 38            19          FAIR
Larnaca                 33            22          FINE
Limassol                35            23          FINE
Paphos                  31            21          FINE

[06] Cyprus and US set to sign interstate agreement on WMD

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Cyprus and US set to sign interstate agreement on WMD

Nicosia, Jul 28 (CNA) -- The Republic of Cyprus and the US are engaged in talks with a view at cooperating in efforts to prevent the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) as part of the US policy on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI).

[07] US official says UN plan for Cyprus settlement was fair

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US official says UN plan for Cyprus settlement was fair

by Apostolis Zoupaniotis

New York, Jul 28 (CNA) - US Undersecretary for political affairs Marc Grossman said today that a plan proposed by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to solve the Cyprus problem, in the eyes of the American administration, was fair and provided a good basis for a permanent settlement.

Grossman told the 37th meeting of clerics of the American Archishopric today that the decision of the Greek Cypriot community, which rejected the Annan plan in the April 24 referendum, was respected.

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