POLICE raided the Acropole cinema on Friday night and confiscated the controversial French film Romance which has been banned by the censorship board.

THERE was fresh trouble off the old port of Limassol yesterday on a boat where 266 illegal immigrants are being held under police guard.

The immigrants, mainly Pakistanis and Kurds, were rescued from the sea off Paphos on Wednesday.

Yesterday the trouble began after they were told they would be moved to a larger boat.

MANY Cypriot men who take a mistress find themselves unable to perform in bed, according to new report which takes sexual issues out of the closet.

The research also reveals that many married men who have suffered from premature ejaculation for years do nothing about it until confronted by dissatisfied mistresses.

A 14-year-old injured in a motorbike accident in Limassol was still in critical condition in Nicosia hospital yesterday while his 16-year-old friend who was also hurt was said to be in a better condition in Limassol hospital.

Ioannis Ioannou was riding pillion with Nestoras Charalambous who reportedly ran a stop sign and hit an army vehicle.

NICOSIA police were yesterday seeking two men who tried to rob a kiosk at gunpoint.

The owner told police two pistol-wielding men entered the shop at 9.15pm on Friday and demanded cash.

MOTHER of three Nasima Daneshyar is one of seven Afghani women attending a peace conference this weekend in Nicosia to highlight the plight of her gender under Taliban rule.

Since Russia pulled out of Afghanistan in 1989 Daneshyar has spent her self-imposed exile in Iran fighting for those she left behind whose lives have become an unimaginable hell.

TWO men were yesterday remanded in custody for five days by the district court in Larnaca, suspected of drug possession, use, and trafficking. A third man was released for lack of evidence.