Cyprus holds 'Syria arms cargo'
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Cyprus considers what to do with an impounded Syria-bound ship said to be carrying air defence equipment.
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Syrian weapons merchant Monzer al-Kassar, who has armed militants from Iraq to Nicaragua, was arrested in Spain and faces extradition to the United States for trying to supply Colombian rebels, U.S. and Spanish authorities said on Friday.
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Police have arrested a Syrian arms dealer wanted by the United States for conspiracy to aid terrorists and conspiracy to kill Americans, the Spanish Interior Ministry said Friday.
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Turkey plans to open a port and an  airport to traffic from Cyprus, among the demands set by the  European Union for Turkey to make progress in talks on  membership of the bloc, EU President Finland said on Thursday.
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Syria has agreed "in principle" to let the European Union put troops on its border to help stem the flow of weapons into Lebanon, Italy's prime minister said Saturday.
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BRUSSELS: Turkey will have to recognize the Republic of Cyprus, if only tacitly, if it wants to begin membership negotiations with the European Union, according to a draft document that was leaked here Monday.
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The Defense Ministry said Wednesday that Moscow was negotiating the sale of anti-aircraft missiles to Syria but insisted they couldn't be used as shoulder-fired weapons, an apparent bid to assuage U.S. and Israeli concerns they might fall into the hands of terrorists.
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Syrian President Bashar Assad has agreed 'in principle' to a European presence on its border to halt arms shipments to Hezbollah, while Pakistan said Saturday that it would send hundreds of army engineers to ...
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Wednesday dismissed Syrian moves towards redeployment in Lebanon. &quot;We are not seeing any significant change in the Syrian position,&quot; he told Israel Radio.
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Russia said on Wednesday it wanted to supply Syria with advanced missile systems, a move certain to anger the United States which accuses Syria of having links to terrorism.
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The United States said Wednesday there was clear evidence of arms smuggling across the Syrian border to terrorist groups in Lebanon, and accused Iran and Syria of playing a negative role in the country.
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Sir, With reference to your reports headlined &quot;Island drift: Cyprus moves upmarket&quot; (FT Weekend December 18-19) about the sale of properties in the Turkish-occupied area of Cyprus: Anyone
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NICOSIA -- The US defense attach&#xE9; in Cyprus was found dead in a remote rural area of the Mediterranean island yesterday, four days after he disappeared with his diplomatic car. An official indicated that he committed suicide. A Cypriot official involved in the autopsy, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, said, ...
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The Cypriot president said Thursday he was confident Syria had no intention of recognizing a breakaway state on his Mediterranean island despite its acceptance of a ferry from the separatist region last week.
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NICOSIA: Cyprus has upped the ante in its demands for recognition from Turkey, warning its European Union partners it may otherwise veto the start of accession talks with Ankara, local newspapers reported.
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Syria rebuffed a possible approach in 2001 from Pakistani-led traffickers in nuclear arms technology, President Bashar al-Assad said.
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The U.N. secretary general said today that SyriaÂs president has agreed to cut off the illegal supply of arms.