11.   Cyprus and Israel have agreed to cooperate on combatting terrorism and drug smuggling in the eastern Mediterranean, the Cypriot government said Monday.

12.   Cypriot government spokesman Christos Stylianides rejected the Denktash proposal, saying that the U.N. Security Council resolutions on Cyprus call for the return of refugees to their homes.

13.   Davies also commended the Cypriot government for imposing a two-day ban on demonstrations, saying the order reduces opportunities for violence.

14.   Denktash was pessimistic about chances of a breakthrough and put the blame squarely on the Cypriot government.

15.   Denktash and Ankara have rejected the bid by the Cypriot government, which is effectively Greek Cypriot, to join the EU until Turkey itself joins.

16.   Fearing the twins could be attacked, the Cypriot government has offered them protection.

17.   He also wants the Cypriot government to cancel the missile deployment and end talks on joining the European Union.

18.   He did not elaborate, but stressed that the Cypriot government will not allow them to land here.

19.   Hopes of easing divisions have been badly dented since the Cypriot government sealed a deal this month to buy anti-aircraft missiles from Russia.

20.   In a move certain to anger Turkey and stoke tension on this Mediterranean island, the Cypriot government said Monday that construction work has begun on a naval base.