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Tassos Papadopoulos, President of Cyprus, addresses the 61st session of the General Assembly at the United Nations on September 19, 2006 in New York. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff)
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Divided Cyprus opens key Nicosia crossing

NICOSIA - A major crossing point at the heart of the divided capital city of Nicosia was opened on Thursday in great fanfare underscoring renewed optimism and drive to reunify the island after decades of division.

Cyprus protests over Gul visit to north

Cyprus issued a strong protest Wednesday over Turkish President Abdullah Gul's "illegal" visit to the Turkish-occupied north, and his comments about a religious divide on the island.

Gul urges Cyprus peace, end to Turkish Cypriot isolation

Turkish President Abdullah Gul called Tuesday for a settlement to the long-running division of Cyprus, and urged the international community to honor its pledges of easing the isolation of the breakaway Turkish Cypriot state.

Greek Cypriots concede peace gap has widened

Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot leaders remain miles apart on the road to peace, after rare face-to-face talks exposed wide differences, the Cyprus government conceded Thursday.

Cyprus rivals still far apart after rare talks

Rival Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot leaders held a rare face-to-face meeting Wednesday, but in three-and-a-half hours of talks they failed to make headway on ending the island's 33-year division.

Rival Cypriot leaders to meet amid progress hopes

Rival Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders hold rare face-to-face talks Wednesday that diplomats hope may revive the flagging UN process to reunite the divided island.

Human error caused Greece's deadliest crash

Pilot errors caused the crash of a Cypriot airliner near Athens in August 2005 in which all 121 people aboard were killed, the Greek investigating commission said Tuesday.

Rival Cypriot leaders hold rare meeting

Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat met on Monday for the first time in two years over the conflict on the divided Mediterranean island.

Cyprus mulls proposal to host Hariri trial

Cyprus is considering a proposal to host a UN-backed international court to try suspects accused over the murder of ex-Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri, a diplomatic source said on Thursday.

Analysis: Heavy Green Line traffic challenges divided Cyprus

At some point in the next couple of months an extraordinary threshold will be reached, when the 10-millionth crossing will be recorded on the Green Line boundary that still nominally divides the island of Cyprus.
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