"Cyprus reunification project suffers a blow
By Jonathan Gorvett in Nicosia
Monday 22 May 2006, 11:03 Makka Time, 8:03 GMT
A UN-policed buffer zone divides theTurkish and Greek parts
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The victory of hardline Cypriot parties in parliamentary elections on Sunday signals that the eastern Mediterranean island is likely to remain divided.
Since the Turkish invasion in 1974, the island has in practice been divided between the southern, largely Greek Cypriot Republic of Cyprus, and the mostly Turkish Cypriot north, which is also home to some 30,000 Turkish troops."
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