IN Cyprus supporters of a suspended priest swarmed into Larnaca airport yesterday when he returned from self imposed exile in Greece to face immorality charges. About 4,000 people chanted "Pangratios, the worthy one" and blocked the arrivals exit when Archimandrite Pangratios Meraclis (39) walked through the doors.
Meraclis was elected by a big majority of people in Morphou district as their new bishop. But the Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Church, Chrysostomos, refuses to ordain him because he said Mercalis introduced a student to homosexuality.
Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk has been diagnosed with a brain tumour and may soon step down as head of state. Reports quoted a letter sent from China, where the king is seeing doctors, to his son, First Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh.
Pope John Paul said yesterday watching less TV and eating less might be good therapy for the soul. Invoking the season of Lent, the Pope said that "in a society where food abounds" and people were "even ill from overeating," it might be a good idea to rediscover the penitence of fasting. Moderation should also be applied to TV consumption.
Baroness Thatcher, marking the 50th anniversary of Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech, has warned that new threats to world security have arisen since the Cold War ended.
Speaking at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, Thatcher echoed Churchill.
