Wednesday, September 03, 2008

AFP: Cyprus rivals in new peace push

"Cyprus rivals in new peace push

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NICOSIA (AFP) — Rival Cypriot leaders were to meet on Wednesday to set the stage for intensive negotiations in a new UN-backed push to reunify the Mediterranean island after three decades of failed diplomacy.

Both seen as pro-settlement moderates, President Demetris Christofias, a Greek Cypriot, and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat will meet at UN mission chief Taye-Brook Zerihoun's residence in Nicosia's buffer zone."

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