"EU, Turkey set up talks on admission
By Elizabeth Pineau
REUTERS NEWS AGENCY
BRUSSELS � The European Union and Turkey struck a historic deal yesterday to start talks next year on admitting the populous Muslim nation to the bloc after last-minute haggling over Ankara's relationship with EU member Cyprus.
The 25 EU leaders agreed to begin membership negotiations with Turkey on Oct. 3, 2005, but in a nod to deeply skeptical public opinion in much of Western Europe, they said talks would be open-ended with no guaranteed outcome. "
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