The women are taught how to make handicrafts and they sit in groups chatting and laughing as they learn.

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That doesn't sit well with most aid groups in Mississippi.

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Groups of locals sit in pavement cafes in the capital city of Nicosia, anxiously watching state television, waiting for the next move, waiting for the next development in a seismic event which has rocked the Cyprus economy to its very core.

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The two groups, working in close co-operation, have been staging sit-ins and marches since the middle of last year.

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Groups wishing to sit together need to apply on one application form to ensure that they are seated in the same block.

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