"Greek Cypriots remove wall, seek Turkish pullout
Fri Mar 9, 2007 10:36 AM EST29
By Michele Kambas
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Greek Cypriots earned international praise on Friday for tearing down an emblem of the island's division but Turkey appeared in no rush to respond to calls to remove its troops from the area.
Bulldozers on Thursday tore down part of the wall that has split Nicosia for more than 40 years, as onlookers on both sides of the divide likened the move to the demolition of the Berlin Wall in 1989."
More:Greek Cypriots remove wall, seek Turkish pullout | Reuters.ca
