Cyprus Braces for Heatwave
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Cyprus braces for heatwave    NICOSIA, June 23 (Xinhua) -- A sweltering heatwave is to hit Cyprus as temperatures are expected to hit 40 degrees Celsius from Sunday in the capital Nicosia.
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Cyprus fired a warning shot  across the bows of its European Union partners on Friday as  ambassadors met to consider an apparent softening of Turkey's  refusal to open its ports to trade with the Greek Cypriots.
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Experts warn the risk of a deadly heatwave in the UK is high - but global warming may actually save lives.
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A ship bound for Syria from North Korea   and detained in Cyprus on an Interpol alert for suspected arms   smuggling was carrying air defense systems, Cypriot authorities   said on Monday.
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Human activity has raised the risk of more heatwaves like last year&#39;s, which gave Europe probably its hottest summer since 1500, scientists said on Wednesday.
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BBC Europe editor Mark Mardell asks Turkish Cypriots what it feels like in the spotlight as the EU and Turkey fall out.
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At least 20 deaths in France this week are probably due to the heatwave gripping much of Europe, officials say.
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By 2050 heatwaves like that of 2003, which killed 15,000 in Europe and pushed British temperatures above 38C (100F) for the first time, will seem &quot;unusually cool&quot;, the Hadley Centre for Climate Change says.
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NICOSIA/BRUSSELS  - Cyprus fired a warning shot across the bows of its European Union partners on Friday as ambassadors met to consider an apparent softening of Turkey's refusal to open its ports to trade with the Greek Cypriots.
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A maverick Greek Cypriot lawmaker who once triggered a security alert by stealing a Turkish flag from a sentry post in war-divided Cyprus may bid for the island's presidency, he said on Friday.
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Human activity has raised the risk of more heatwaves like last year's, which gave Europe probably its hottest summer since 1500, scientists said on Wednesday.
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Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis will discuss Cyprus and bilateral issues during a trip to Ankara that begins on Wednesday, the first official visit to Turkey by a Greek premier since 1959.
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A Lufthansa airliner en route to Tel Aviv was rerouted to Cyprus on today after the airline received a bomb threat. The airliner was escorted by Israeli warplanes on its way to the Mediterranean island.
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Power blackouts hit 13 locations in Athens and 95 fires were reported across Greece on Wednesday amid a heat wave that has killed dozens of people in southeast Europe over the past week.
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When Cyprus ditches its pound and enters the euro zone on January 1, it could be a step towards bringing together the economies of the divided island even if no political solution is in sight.
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Towns in the southern Australian state of Victoria brace for wildfires, as hot weather fans the flames.
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Cyprus is hoping to claim a world record for making the biggest slab of loukoumi, or Turkish delight.