LARNACA police were yesterday investigating the death of a 26-year-old Polish woman found in her apartment from a suspected drug overdose.
The authorities’ inquiries uncovered the woman was a heavy drinker and mixed with known drug users.
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Pundits around the world have fallen over themselves to lament the disgrace of Zinedine Zidane’s extraordinary assault on Marco Materazzi.
Few indeed would have wished on a player so talented, so dignified, to end his career on such a note.
ONE-HUNDRED-AND-FIFTY British troops from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Second Battalion based at the Dhekelia Garrison are being imminently deployed to Afghanistan, at the request of British commanders fighting an intensified campaign against the Taliban.
THE TRIAL of a Turkish Cypriot architect, accused of designing villas on Greek Cypriot land in the north, was yesterday postponed for a later date because of his poor health.
Judge Nicos Yiapanas ruled that the trial be postponed until December 8.
EXTRA precautions to tackle the problem of underage drinking in nightclubs, as well as overcrowding and noise reduction are needed, it emerged yesterday after a high-powered meeting at the Justice Ministry.
POLICE yesterday arrested a 24-year-old Chinese man suspected of stabbing to death a compatriot last Saturday.
On Monday, police released a photo of Chi Dawei, 24, the prime suspect of the stabbing of Hongnin Bian.
Dawei was recognised by police officers as he attempted to cross over into the Turkish occupied north of the island through the Ledra Palace checkpoint.
IN A BID to preserve their fragile concord, Nicosia and Athens decided to play it safe, steering clear of issues of difference, press reports said yesterday.
THE CYPRUS Bone Marrow and Platelets Donor Registry would not yesterday confirm whether the bone marrow to save the life of a seven-year-old boy suffering from a rare form of leukaemia in Greece had come from a local donor.
No one was available for comment at the Karaiskakio Foundation, citing “patient confidentiality”.
CYPRUS has one of the highest school dropout rates in Europe, with one in 11 students failing to complete secondary level education.
A 2005 Eurostat survey on 32 countries revealed only Bulgaria, Romania, Italy, Iceland, Spain, Portugal, Malta and Turkey fared worse.
IN a double-murder believed to be linked to the criminal underworld, two men were yesterday found dead from multiple gun wounds in a car outside Le Meridian hotel in Limassol.
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