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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 11-08-04
CONTENTS
[01] NICOSIA COURT BRITON USURPATION CASE
[02] EXCAVATIONS FINDINGS
[03] CYPRUS EUROPEAN BASKETBALL TOUR
[01] NICOSIA COURT BRITON USURPATION CASE
Nicosia District Court remanded in custody for eight days Thursday
British national Gary Robb, in connection with the usurpation of Greek
Cypriot properties in the Turkish occupied north of Cyprus.
The suspect was arrested under a European Arrest Warrant issued by
Cypriot authorities, and was handed over to Cyprus Police officers
yesterday in London.
[02] EXCAVATIONS FINDINGS
The 2011 archaeological investigations at the Bronze Age (ca. 2000-1500
B.C.) site of Politiko-Troullia, revealed extensive evidence of the
Bronze Age community that was the predecessor of ancient Tamassos, the
seat of a centrally important kingdom during the subsequent Iron Age.
Politiko-Troullia is situated about 25 km southwest of Nicosia near
Ayios Irakleidios Monastery in the copper-bearing foothills of the
Troodos Mountains.
The completion of the investigations, conducted under the direction of
Dr Steven Falconer and Dr Patricia Fall of Arizona State University,
has been announced Thursday by the Ministry of Communications and
Works, Department of Antiquities.
[03] CYPRUS EUROPEAN BASKETBALL TOUR
The European Basketball Tour - Cyprus 2011 kicks off Friday with the
national teams of Greece, Israel, Russia, Italy, Bulgaria and Poland.
The European Basketball Tour - Cyprus 2011 takes place 5 - 7 August and
is the largest basketball tournament preparation for the European
Championship to be held this year.
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