Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 04-12-29

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CONTENTS

[01] Cyprus protests to UN over violations by Turkish military planes

[02] Cypriot Doctors of the World leave for Sri Lanka

[03] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[04] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[05] Cyprus government approves 370.000 dollars aid to southeast Asia

[01] Cyprus protests to UN over violations by Turkish military planes

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Cyprus protests to UN over violations by Turkish military planes

Nicosia, Dec 29 (CNA) -- Cyprus Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Andreas Mavroyiannis, in a letter to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, has protested the new mass violations of the national airspace of the Republic of Cyprus and the Nicosia Flight Information Region (FIR) by Turkish military aircraft between the second week of November until 15 December 2004.

An official press release said in his letter, Mavroyiannis notes that it has been repeatedly pointed out that such actions are in flagrant violation of international law and air traffic regulations and seriously endanger international civil aviation.

[02] Cypriot Doctors of the World leave for Sri Lanka

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Cypriot Doctors of the World leave for Sri Lanka

Nicosia, Dec 29 (CNA) -- A Cypriot mission of the Doctors of the World left for Sri Lanka this morning while a second mission is preparing to leave by the end of the week on a Greek Airforce plane.

Vice President of the Cyprus Branch of the Doctors of the World, Maria Shakali told CNA that the Cypriot doctors are carrying with them 150 kilos of cholera, tetanus, hepatitis and scarlet fever vaccines to inoculate the more susceptible groups of people in the area of Galle which has been worst hit.

[03] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus
Nicosia, Dec 29 (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               17             9              CLOUDY
Larnaca               20            10              CLOUDY
Limassol              19            12              CLOUDY   Paphos                20            10              CLOUDY

[04] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Dec 29 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

INDICES BASE VALUES: FTSEMed=5000, OTHERS=1000

TRADED VALUE                       264.447,50

GSE GENERAL INDEX                       72,34     0,15    234.659,50
FTSE/CySE 20                           337,66     0,16    174.498,10
MAIN MARKET INDEX                    1.014,13     0,28    185.788,74
PARALLEL MARKET INDEX                  912,94    -0,59     15.946,49
INVESTMENT COMPANIES MARKET INDEX      917,55     1,15      7.706,88
MAIN AND PARALLEL MARKETS INDEX      1.010,16     0,26    201.735,23
BANKS INDEX                          1.029,85     0,43    125.710,84
HOTELS INDEX                           851,82     0,30        196,14
ALTERNATIVE MARKET INDEX               824,17    -0,57     46.866,04
FTSE Med (27/12/2004)                6.809,92    -0,03

* The second column presents the percentage variation of the indices

[05] Cyprus government approves 370.000 dollars aid to southeast Asia

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Cyprus government approves 370.000 dollars aid to southeast Asia

Nicosia, Dec 29 (CNA) Cyprus Cabinet approved today 370 thousand dollars in aid of the areas devastated by the southeast Asian tsunami, which has killed more than 60 thousand people and left many more missing.

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