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Graphic explains how the Mediterranean island came to be divided.
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CYPRUS

Reunification talks

By Ninian Carter

January 12, 2017 - The leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus, together with Greece, Turkey and former colonial power Britain – the island’s three guarantors under its post-independence constitution – resume UN-sponsored reunification talks in Geneva. The last round hit an impasse in November 2016. The main stumbling block is the issue of land transfers to address the claims of Cypriots who fled their homes in 1974.

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PUBLISHED: 10/01/2017; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Associated Press
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