Greek Cypriots remove wall, seek 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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Cyprus said on Friday it would adopt a tougher stance to Turkey's EU membership negotiations if its EU partners accepted a last-ditch offer from Ankara to avert partial suspension of talks.
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Egyptian police attempt to reseal border with Gaza as Palestinians continue to pour through smashed wall
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News reports in Gaza said that the Israeli occupation forces withdrew today at dawn from Beit Lahia town and Jabalia camp, three days after their incursion in the two area, situated to the north of Gaza.
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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 confusion among EU governments on Thursday.
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ANKARA, Turkey -- Trying to keep talks on track in its bid to enter the European Union , Turkey has offered to open a major seaport and an airport to longtime foe Cyprus, Turkish and EU officials said yesterday. The EU called the step positive but insufficient.
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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 Palestinian attack on Monday has prompted many to say the wall should extend to the border between Israel and Egypt.
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Turkish Cypriot authorities are trying to shed their tiny enclave's image as a haven for crooks with new laws on money laundering and casinos, but their efforts are being undermined by Cyprus's decades-old ethnic partition.
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NICOSIA, Cyprus -- Greek Cypriots won international praise yesterday 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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ISTANBUL, Dec 1 (IPS) - Turkey's controversial move towards European  Union membership has drawn strong opposition within several  member states, but a bigger obstacle now emerges by way of a tiny  new member of the club: Cyprus.
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The UN Security Council agrees to reduce by a third its peacekeepers on the divided island of Cyprus.
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Greek Cypriots razed to the ground a symbol of Cyprus's decades-old division running through the heart of the capital Nicosia and challenged Turkey to respond by withdrawing its troops from the area.
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RAFAH, Gaza Strip, Jan. 25 -- Egyptian security forces deployed Friday with barbed wire, water cannon and tasers to close their country's breached border with Gaza, shutting down a two-day Palestinian exodus from Gaza after Palestinian fighters blew up the border wall.
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Turkey has bristled at a toughening of conditions for its bid to open European Union membership talks, including an explicit mention of torture, but Cyprus says the terms are not tough enough.
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Turkey has offered to open a port and  an airport to traffic from Cyprus in a dramatic last-minute bid  to avert a partial suspension of its European Union membership  talks, EU President Finland said on Thursday.
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European Union leaders have agreed to start talks on Turkey&#39;s membership in the bloc in October of 2005, but they will ask Turkey to recognize the ethnic Greek government of Cyprus before negotiations begin.