"Breakthrough at EU-Turkey Talks
Upbeat: EU Commission President Jose Barroso
Turkey and the EU's presidency struck an agreement Friday to end an impasse blocking the launch of EU membership talks with Ankara, a Turkish diplomat said.
After EU officials spent Friday morning scrambling to come up with a compromise on the issue of Cyprus, which has bogged down talks to offer Turkey an invitation to begin membership talks in 2005, a compromise floated by key members of the union was accepted by Ankara, a Turkish diplomat said."
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