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Prosecutors: 2 Spy Suspects Admit Using Fake Names

Jul 2nd 2010 – 4:39PM
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Art Lien, AFP / Getty Images

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (July 2) - Two Virginia suspects in an alleged spy ring have admitted they are Russian citizens living in the U.S. under false identities, prosecutors said Friday, as officials in Cyprus said another defendant in the bust has likely fled the island after being set free on bail. The defendants known as...

Nicosia News From the Web

  • 05/30/12 TFI Markets Sponsors the 2012 Nicosia Economic Congress Source: NBC - KCBD NewsChannel 11 - Lubbock TX Information contained on this page is provided by companies via press release distributed through PR Newswire, an independent third-party content provider.
  • 05/30/12  NICOSIA -- The Turkish government is going to create... Source: Cyprus Weekly The Turkish government is going to create trouble for Cyprus during its EU Presidency to begin July 1, in order to produce tension, Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou Markoullis, said on Tuesday.
  • 05/29/12 First meeting of Industrial Relation EU members with... Source: North Cyprus Daily The Greek Cyprus will take the responsibility of EU presidency in July 2012, and the first meeting in that context took place yesterday in Nicosia.
  • 05/25/12 Cyprus may need EU bailout Source: Kathimerini Nicosia could soon seek help from the European support mechanism, but without having to adhere to the strict conditions imposed on other troubled eurozone members, according to the islands finance minister.
  • 05/25/12 Focus on forced migrations Source: Cyprus Mail THE CYPRUS Community Media Centre (CCMC), and the Association for Historical Dialogue and Research (AHDR), are organising a series of community discussions and documentary screenings in Nicosia and Limassol to mark the opening of 'Twice a Stranger', an exhibition to be inaugurated at the Leventis Municipal Museum in Nicosia on 28 May. The 'Twice a Stranger' exhibition tells the stories of the greatest forced migrations and population exchanges of the 20th century, when millions of people were uprooted and forced to move to new homelands.

Background on Nicosia

Nicosia ( ), known locally as Lefkosia (, ), is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center.

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