THE SIX Iranian asylum seekers who had been camped out on top of Nicosia central prisons’ water tank for five days returned to their cells yesterday evening.

TWELVE asylum seekers kept at Limassol’s Detention Centre have charged the police with abuse and inhuman treatment, with immigrant support group KISA saying yesterday they were illegally kept together with criminals, fearing for their lives and physical integrity.

TURKISH President Abdullah Gul said yesterday that a political settlement in Cyprus must be based on what he called “the realities on the island”, adding that Ankara is committed to a solution.

Meanwhile, visiting Members of the European Parliament Transport Committee, yesterday sent a message to Turkey that it must open its ports and airports to the Republic of Cyprus.

THE NATIONAL Guard conscript who was being treated in Israel for heatstroke was yesterday flown back to Cyprus.

Nineteen-year-old Neophytos Georgiou yesterday returned to Cyprus where he will continue to receive treatment at a Limassol facility following his two-month ordeal.

FOUR 15-year-old students have admitted to breaking and entering a primary school in Limassol, stealing equipment and causing damage to the premises.

THE CYPRUS Postal Service could face EU fines reaching the millions if it doesn’t get its act together, Telecommunications Regulator Vasos Pyrgos has warned.

A LOBBY group set up to help people facing problems with property developers and estate agents all over Cyprus described last week’s meeting with Finance Minister Michalis Sarris as, “rewarding, positive and productive.”

POLICE yesterday admitted they do not have any concrete leads in their search for a Limassol lawyer and his wife, who fled the island after defrauding 13 people and over 100 businesses out of more than three million pounds.

AN UGLY scrap, replete with epithets, threatening gestures and disparaging comments unfolded during Tuesday’s session of the House Watchdog Committee convened to discuss government plans to bring Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to the island.