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Cordovez 'fed up with US and Britain'
MACHI was
in no doubt yesterday about the reasons behind the resignation of Diego
Cordovez as UN special envoy to Cyprus. Government spokesman Costas Serezis
may have dodged relevant questions from reporters - by insisting it was
none of the government's business - but it was clear Cordovez had left
because the British and Americans had consistently "ignored" him, the paper
stated. No sources for this information were quoted.
Politis
and Apogevmatini both carried an interview with a Cypriot artist,
identified only as 'Antonis', who has gone to Yugoslavia to fight on the
side of the Serbs against Nato. "I wanted to resist alongside those who are
resisting. I felt the injustice (of Nato bombings) choking me," the 32-year-
old was quoted as saying in Politis. "I don't know if my homeland will
ever give me the chance to fight for her. So I came here to fight for
Serbia and Cyprus together." Antonis says he is "no hero" but simply
someone who wants to fight for his beliefs.
Politis
reports that the artist left a wife and two young sons behind in Cyprus.
"My children will have understood that this is a case of having to live by
ideals, of standing up to be counted, to defend decency and human rights,"
Antonis explains. The Cypriot says he is prepared to fight alongside the
Serbs in Kosovo should a Nato ground offensive begin. His admiration for
his fellow Christian Orthodox Serbs is evident: "They are wonderful, they
have dared to resist the enemy, who is all-powerful. We have a common enemy,
he who would deny nations their freedom."
Alithia
reported that young children, wives and the elderly continued to be the
victims of family violence. Many cases were reported to police but few ever
got to the courts, the paper said. The Attorney-general's office had dealt
with at least 300 cases of family violence in the space of the past 12
months. The problem, according to government lawyers, was that victims
usually withdrew their complaints after suffering fresh attacks by the
original aggressors.
Apogevmatini
also reported that certain Nicosia residents, tired by months of water cuts,
were hijacking the Nicosia Water Board's supply network to direct more
water to their homes. Water board engineers identified the problem after
receiving complaints from consumers who said they were not getting their
allocated lot of water. An investigation showed other consumers had located
and were turning the taps on main supply pipes to divert water to their own
residences.
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