LGBT rights in Cyprus not recognised or mentioned in the law. With independence from Britain in 1960, Cyprus retained British colonial law on the island almost in its entirety, with the relevant parts of the "Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885" becoming articles 171 to 174 of Chapter 154 of the Cypriot Criminal Code. The articles were first challenged in 1993, when Alexandros Modinos, a Cypriot architect and gay rights activist won a legal court case against the Government of Cyprus, known as "Modinos v. Cyprus", at the European Court of Human Rights. The Court ruled that Section 171 of the Criminal Code of Cyprus
USS Independence (CV-62) 1973 Yom Kippur War between Arab states and Israel. "Independence" operated off the island of Crete. In the summer of 1974, "Independence" departed Norfolk for yet another 'Med Cruise', operating with CTF 60.1 and CVW-7. Relieving "Franklin D. Roosevelt", "Independence" and "Saratoga" continued the tradition of steaming the Mediterranean while being shadowed by Soviet aircraft and ships. On 8 September 1974, sailors were introduced to the new concept of terrorism when a bomb exploded in the cargo compartment of TWA Flight 841 high above. Steaming to the crash site, "Independence" and other ships spent two days retrieving the remains of