TWENTY-SEVEN years have passed since Turkish leader Rauf Denktash last set foot on this side of the Green Line. Tonight he will make history when he crosses the buffer zone to dine with President Glafcos Clerides at his Nicosia residence.

The dinner invitation was extended after Denktash hosted Clerides at his own home for dinner on December 5.

FOREIGN Minister Ioannis Cassoulides said yesterday that a solution to the Cyprus problem could be reached by June if the Turkish side showed honesty at the January talks.

THE NEW York Times has claimed that associates of the al Qaeda terrorist network used Cyprus to buy a boat for half a million dollars, as part of its plan to fund terror activities.

THREE ACCIDENTS in less than 20 hours left a six-year-old boy seriously injured in intensive care, an elderly tourist with concussion, and restricted motorway traffic to one lane for several hours.

DIVERS and fishermen were yesterday warned to stay away from Dhekelia waters in case they could be sucked into a giant pipeline which has been broken because of bad weather.

FORTY per cent of medium and small-sized shops could be driven out of business because of unregulated hypermarket discounts, shopkeepers’ union POVEK warned yesterday.

THE FIANCEE of a suspect held in connection with the staging of fake accidents and obtaining thousands of pounds in insurance claims told another suspect to get rid of a car sought by police and then flee abroad, Nicosia District Court heard yesterday.