Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Turkish Cypriot chief rips isolation - World - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper

"Turkish Cypriot chief rips isolation

By Gareth Harding
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
May 31, 2006

NICOSIA, Cyprus -- Northern Cyprus President Mehmet Ali Talat says the European Union has failed to follow through on a pledge to end the isolation of his self-proclaimed republic, doing less in that respect than the United States.
The European Union has earmarked $300 million in aid to the north as a reward for its citizens' acceptance of a U.N. plan for reunification of the island in a 2004 referendum. Greek Cypriots on the southern half of the island overwhelmingly rejected the plan. "

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