The man who took the decision to pull the plug on the talks is Greek Cypriot Presidential Commissioner George Iacovou.

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But this week Mr Cisler has pulled the plug on his link to cyberspace and is now a man living life offline.

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The two have been recalled to plug the gaps in an injury-ravaged 23-man squad named by coach Nils Johan Semb to face Slovakia.

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Without that backing, Mr Shelbrooke says he had no alternative but to pull the plug on his bill but believes there is so much support for it from "the man in the street" that he will relaunch his campaign in the spring.

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