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APTOPIX CYPRUS GREEN LINE

AP News 8 days ago

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks after unveiling a plaque to inaugurate additional renovations shoring up crumbling buildings inside the U.N. controlled buffer zone separating the internationally-recognized Greek Cypriot south from the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north of the divided capital of Cyprus, Nicosia ...

UN chief offers support for Cyprus peace talks

AP News 8 days ago

UN chief meets divided Cyprus' rival leaders in bid to re-energize peace talks U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised Cyprus' rival leaders Monday for their efforts to reunify the ethnically divided island, expressing confidence that a decades-old deadlock can be broken. On a ...

U.N.'s Ban arrives in Cyprus to push elusive deal

Reuters US Online Report World News 9 days ago

LARNACA, Cyprus (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived on Cyprus Sunday to inject momentum into peace talks between the island's estranged Greeks and Turks. Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat have been locked in peace ...

CYPRUS UN PEACE TALKS

AP News 9 days ago

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, is welcomed by Cypriot Foreign Minister Marcos Kyprianou, second left, and with U.N Special Adviser for Cyprus, Alexander Downer, third left, after arriving in Larnaca airport to re-energize slow-moving talks to reunify the ethnically split island of ...

UN chief visits Cyprus to boost peace talks

AP News 9 days ago

UN chief travels to Cyprus to buoy lumbering talks to reunify divided island U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Cyprus on Sunday in a bid to re-energize slow moving talks aimed at reunifying the ethnically divided island. Ban's first-ever visit to Cyprus ...

Cyprus police bust large antiquities theft ring

AP News 15 days ago

Cyprus police prevent smugglers from selling ancient artifacts for millions Authorities have busted a smuggling ring in Cyprus and recovered dozens of ancient artifacts it planned to sell for euro11 million (15.5 million), including a miniature gold coffin, silver coins and terra-cotta ...

CYPRUS ANTIQUITIES THEFT

AP News 15 days ago

In this image released by the Cyprus Police on Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, show the antique coins seized yesterday in southern city of Limassol, Cyprus. Cyprus police said they had broken up an antiquities theft ring negotiating a euro11 million ($15.5 million) ...

Australian Open Tennis

AP News 19 days ago

Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus reacts after beating David Ferrer of Spain to win their Men's singles match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) Copyright 2010 AP News

Ohio doctor standing trial in wife's cyanide death

AP News 21 days ago

Jury selection begins in Cleveland for trial of doctor accused in wife's cyanide death Jury selection began Tuesday in the trial of a doctor charged in the 2005 cyanide death of his wife, a case delayed for years while authorities tried to ...

British couple loses Cyprus holiday home court case

AFP European Edition 21 days ago

A London court ruled Tuesday that a British couple must demolish their holiday home in northern Cyprus, a decision that could have implications for thousands with property on the disputed land. Turkey's foreign ministry criticised the verdict, warning it could compromise the ...

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