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3• YESTERDAY IN UNUSUAL STEP CYPRUS BROADCASTING CORPORATION ICBC> DIRECTOR GENER~l' MlMSELF · DRAFTED COMMENTARY WHICH WAS READ FOLLOWING AFTERNOON BROADCASTS• COMMENTARY WAS UNACCUSTOMEDL!V CR ITl CAL OF' . SOY JET ACT! ON C1TiNG "NAKED CRUELTY OF FORCE." cec· RAREL¥ H~S COMMENTARIES AND EVEN MORE RARE IS COMMENTARY CRITICISZING ANOTHER GOVERNMENT -. TODAY · CBC AT INST I GA TYON OF . EMPLOVEES ' •• WENT OFF THE AIR FROM llt00 TO ll13e TO "PROTEST EVENTS IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA•'' PARALLEL SHUT•OFF FOR TV SCHEDUlED F'OR TONIGHT• 
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4 • LAST NIGHT EXPLOSIONS OCCURRED AT RUSS I AN 1 EMB~SSV tPROBABLY HANO GRENADE TOSSED INTO COMPOUND) AND AT AKEL HE~DQUARTERS IN NICOSIA AND FAMAGUSTA• TOO~Y NATlONALtST ELEMENTS LEO BY REPRESENTATlVES OF RIGH~·WING L~BOR 
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