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In Cyprus, a new generation inherits a conflict

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA
Associated Press
PYLA, Cyprus (AP) - Tell a Greek Cypriot that your next destination is the Turkish city of Istanbul, once the seat of empires, and there's a chance you will be gently chided. "You mean 'Constantinople,'" the conversation partner might say, referring to the former Byzantine capital, which fell to Ottoman armies in 1453.

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