CYPRUS DENIES INTEREST IN SECOND RUSSIAN MISSILE.

The Cypriot Republic is not interested in buying Russian Tor-M1 anti-aircraft systems, its minister of defense said on Monday. Costas Eliades expressed surprise at an Itar-Tass report in which an unnamed Russian general said Moscow was planning to offer the missiles to the Cypriots. (Xinhua, January 27)

Lenin’s Tomb Closed for Cleaning.