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Missing body of Cyprus’ ex-leader found, 3 arrests
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Three months after it was stolen, the corpse of Cyprus’ former president was found reburied in another grave and three men were arrested Tuesday in what officials called a case of bodysnatching for ransom. Two spokesmen for former …
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3 arrested for stealing Cyprus ex-leader’s body
NICOSIA, Cyprus – Three men were arrested Tuesday over the theft of the body of the former president, which was found reburied in another grave three months after being dug up and reportedly held for ransom, police said. Police said they arrested two …
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Cyprus police arrest 3 men for theft of ex-president Papadopoulos …
NICOSIA, Cyprus – Cypriot police say three men have been arrested over the theft of the corpse of former president Tasos Papadopoulos. Police spokesman Michalis Katsounotos says the suspects were arrested late Tuesday. He said they will appear in …
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Motive for Cyprus corpse theft still unclear
Something’s not quite right with this story about the president of Cyprus’s stolen corpse being found. Well… something other than the corpse being stolen in the first place. Contradicting early suspicions that hardline Greek nationalist Tassos …
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3 Arrested For Theft Of Cyprus Ex-Leader’s Body
Police officers set up a tarpaulin during their investigations around a grave where the body of former Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos was discovered at Strovolos cemetery, a suburb of capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. DNA results …
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Ex-president’s body stolen for ransom, Cyprus says
Cyprus’ President Tassos Papadopoulos addresses a news conference at the end of a European Union Heads of State and Government summit in Brussels December 14, 2007 file photo. Credit: Reuters/Ezequiel Scagnetti NICOSIA (Reuters) – Cyprus said Tuesday …
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Cyprus police find stolen corpse of ex-president
Cyprus’ President Tassos Papadopoulos addresses a news conference at the end of a European Union Heads of State and Government summit in Brussels December 14, 2007 file photo. Credit: Reuters/Ezequiel Scagnetti NICOSIA (Reuters) – Cypriot police said …
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Stolen body of Cyprus ex-president found reburied
NICOSIA – Former president Tassos Papadopoulos’s body was found in a shallow grave three months after it was robbed from his family plot, Cyprus police said Tuesday, following a tip-off call in “broken Greek.” The discovery, in a case that has …
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Stolen Body of Cyprus’ Ex-President Is Found
March 9: Police officer investigates a grave where the body of former Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos was discovered. NICOSIA, Cyprus ‘” Three months after it was stolen, the corpse of Cyprus’ former president was found Tuesday reburied in …
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Body of Cyprus’ ex-leader found; justice minister insisits financial …
NICOSIA , Cyprus (AP) ‘” Three months after it was stolen, the corpse of Cyprus’ former president was found reburied in another grave and the country’s justice minister said Tuesday that it had been held for ransom. But two spokesmen for former …
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