Greek Cypriots destroy barrier, want Turkish pullout
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Greek Cypriots earned international praise on Friday for tearing down an emblem of the island's division but Turkey appeared in no rush to respond to calls to remove its troops from the area.
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Greek Cypriots demolished a wall Friday along the boundary that for decades has split Europe's last divided capital
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As Athens voiced deep content yesterday with the outcome of last week&#39;s European Union summit meeting on Turkey&#39;s accession talks, Nicosia expressed more qualified satisfaction, while sending a clear threat to use its blocking rights should Ankara fail to
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RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - Egypt began closing its breached border with the Gaza Strip on Friday, using barbed wire and water cannons to keep Palestinians from leaving the Hamas-controlled territory in defiance of an Israeli blockade.
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HELSINKI/BRUSSELS - A last-minute offer by Turkey to open a major port to traffic from Cyprus in a bid to avert a partial suspension of its European Union membership talks sowed ...Comment
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A huge fire in Cyprus razes holiday homes and forces the evacuation of at least two villages, officials say.
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ANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 7 -- Turkey has offered to open a major seaport and an airport to longtime foe Cyprus to try to keep its European Union entry talks on track, Turkish and E.U. officials said Thursday. The European Union called the step positive but insufficient.
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Gazans pour into Egypt after gunmen destroy most of the wall dividing the town of Rafah.
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Palestinians fight back as security forces try to stop exodus from Gaza through Rafah wall.
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Greek Cypriots were voting to elect a new president on Sunday in a cliffhanger vote which could affect reunification prospects for the war-divided island this year.
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Toops continue to reassert control of border with Gaza by using water cannon to block Palestinians
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Turkey will only take simultaneous and reciprocal steps with the Greek Cypriots in opening its ports and airports to traffic from Cyprus, a government source said on Thursday.
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RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - Egyptian forces began closing the breached border with the Gaza Strip on Sunday, stemming the flow of Palestinians across the frontier breached by Hamas Islamists last month, witnesses said.
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Tens of thousands pour into Egypt from Gaza after militants blow up part of border wall
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Turkey plans to open a port and an  airport to traffic from Cyprus, among the demands set by the  European Union for Turkey to make progress in talks on  membership of the bloc, EU President Finland said on Thursday.
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The Cypriot government on Friday denounced a bomb attack that rattled the Church of Agios Mamas Friday morning in the town of Morphou in Turkey-controlled northern Cyprus.
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Egyptian security forces closed the border with the Gaza Strip yesterday nearly two weeks after the wall was first breached