11.   Hundreds of foreigners have been drawn in recent years to Cyprus, a prosperous east Mediterranean island, in search of work.

12.   In the Greek Cypriot controlled south, thousands of university and high school students staged peaceful protests to denounce the continuing division of the east Mediterranean island.

13.   It said this was the largest drug haul ever recorded on the east Mediterranean island.

14.   It occupies the northern third of the east Mediterranean island.

15.   Kyprianou launched an infrastructure campaign that put the east Mediterranean island back on the tourist map.

16.   She flew to the east Mediterranean island earlier in the day with representatives of all the Greek mainland political parties to attend the funeral.

17.   Security authorities were on maximum alert on this east Mediterranean island Monday following warnings that Arab terrorists planned attacks, police disclosed.

18.   The Akrotiri base is one of two sovereign British bases on this east Mediterranean island.

19.   The commander of British forces on this east Mediterranean island admitted Wednesday his troops behave badly off-duty and appealed to them to shape up.

20.   The anniversary is routinely marked by Greek Cypriot protests in the government-controlled south of the east Mediterranean island and by Turkish Cypriot celebrations in the north.