1.   The Cypriot authorities required a manifest of all the passengers on the plane.

2.   The previous visit had coincided with a Greek-Cypriot military exercise off the coast, the Cypriot authorities said.

3.   Police have broken an international drug network that ran Bulgarian drugs to Cyprus and other states, Cypriot authorities said Friday.

4.   A U.S. Air Force helicopter with four people on board crashed Tuesday night in the Mediterranean Sea off the southern coast of this island, Cypriot authorities reported.

5.   Base officials have in the past handed over people deemed illegal immigrants to Cypriot authorities, who deport them.

6.   But Cypriot authorities delayed the transfer at least a few hours more because the Syrian ship, Fayza Express, did not meet safety standards.

7.   Cypriot authorities arrested the Israelis Saturday in the community of Ziyi near the southern coastal resort of Larnaca for allegedly spying on a nearby army base.

8.   Cypriot authorities have been trying unsuccessfully to get them repatriated.

9.   Cypriot authorities refused to allow reporters aboard the ferry Thursday.

10.   Cypriot authorities are planning to beef up the coastal guard with new equipment and advanced radar systems.