Head of the Commission of Inquiry on the deadly explosion at a naval base last July delivers Monday his report to the President of the Republic, the House President and the Attorney General. Polis Polyviou, head of the Commission, handed the voluminous report early Monday morning to President Demetris Christofias. ''This is hard work. Everything
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Seniors who take aspirin daily are twice as likely to have late stage macular degeneration, an age-related loss of vision, than people who never take the pain reliever, according to a European study. The data do not show that aspirin causes vision loss. But the findings, published in Opthalmology, are of concern if aspirin somehow
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Greece's admission that it will miss its deficit targets this year and next despite harsh new austerity measures sent stock markets reeling on Monday and raised new doubts over a planned second international bailout. The gloomy news from Athens brought the spectre of a debt default closer and will weigh on talks among euro zone
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Greece's EU/IMF inspectors are still combing through the debt-laden country's books and have not yet agreed to pay out a lifeline bailout tranche, sources said on Monday, a day after Athens admitted it would miss its budget targets this year. The Greek government approved late on Sunday a draft budget for 2012 showing that the
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. Cyprus has been given a golden opportunity to push ahead with the second round of licensing of its 12 remaining blocks in the offshore Exclusive Economic Zone. Thanks to Turkey’s saber-rattling and threats of independent seismic surveys south of the island’s shores (and specifically within Noble Energy’s Block 12), Cyprus ought to proceed with
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. BY GEORGE MOUSKIDES It is common knowledge, and an issue that has been raised several times by our Association, that the appearance and condition of many apartment buildings in our cities is dreadful. Despite repeated efforts to amend current legislation, the situation of the maintenance and appearance of our buildings is getting worse. This
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The Cyprus Tourism Organisation is having to suffer a restrained budget of 69 mln euros, down from 87 mln last year, despite an anticipated 1.8 bln euros in earnings for the tourism sector this year. CTO Chairman Alecos Orountiotis said that the increase in revenue for the sector is estimated at 230-250 mln this year,
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* “Maritime Cyprus 2011” to deal with energy, environment, freight markets * Cyprus is preparing legislation that will allow armed guards to board merchant ships to protect the crew, vessel and cargo from pirate attacks. Details of the new law will be discussed at the “Maritime Cyprus 2011” conference in Limassol that starts on Monday
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Seniors who take aspirin daily are twice as likely to have late stage macular degeneration, an age-related loss of vision, than people who never take the pain reliever, according to a European study. The data do not show that aspirin causes vision loss. But the findings, published in Opthalmology, are of concern if aspirin somehow
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"The Book of Mormon" debuted this year as a Broadway hit that won nine Tonys, and the 2012 race for the Republican presidential nomination features not one, but two candidates of the Mormon faith. Now the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is launching a major expansion of its "I'm a Mormon" advertising campaign,
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