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Article: Cyprus marks 30th anniversary of military coup
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- July 15, 2004
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Cyprus marks 30th anniversary of military coup
NICOSIA, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Cyprus on Thursday marked the 30th
anniversary of 1974 military coup, paying tribute to those who lost
lives defending the republic.
The military coup against President of Cyprus Archbishop Makarios,
engineered by the military junta then ruling Greece, was followed
five days later by the Turkish military intervention, which resulted
in the de facto division of the island.
Sirens began to wail at 08:20 a.m. local time (0520GMT), the very
time when the coup took place.
A church service for those killed during the coup was held at
Saints Constantinos and Eleni Church in Nicosia, in the presence of
Cyprus President ...