"Turkey stages Cyprus drill amid dispute
KYRENIA, Cyprus (AP) - Turkish and Turkish Cypriot forces are staging a joint search and rescue exercise in Cyprus amid a dispute with Greek Cypriots over oil and gas exploration off the island.
Turkish Cypriot forces chief Maj. Gen. Abdullah Recep says the three-day drill on the ethnically-split island is not a show of force. But he added that Cyprus' search for mineral deposits off its south coast ignores the rights of breakaway Turkish Cypriots."
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