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...civilians, its first task is to appoint a prosecutor - a politically sensitive decision, since it is the prosecutor who will decide which cases the court pursues. Still Divided CYPRUS Talks aimed at reunifying the divided island before the Greek section joins the E.U. next year broke down when Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash rejected a U.N. power-sharing proposal, despite support for the plan from opposition parties and tens of thousands of Turkish Cypriots. Denktash insisted on formal recognition for the northern Turkish part of the island and objected to a requirement that he said "would force 100,000 Turkish...
...fact that Papadopoulos recently seems to have had a change of heart. During his election campaign, Papadopoulos had the crucial backing of AKEL, Cyprus' powerful communist party, which is strongly in favor of reunification. "Papadopoulos had to soften up because ... AKEL is traditionally moderate and open with the Turkish Cypriot community," says one Cypriot political strategist in Nicosia. In his victory speech, Papadopoulos made a point of pledging to work with Turkish Cypriot "compatriots" to find a settlement. International mediators have been trying to find a solution to the Cyprus question since intercommunal fighting broke out on the island...
CYPRUS People Power They came waving olive branches and E.U. flags and bearing a message for their longtime leader, Rauf Denktash: "We can't wait another 40 years." More than 50,000 Turkish Cypriots - a quarter of the island's Turkish population - crowded the streets of Nicosia demanding Denktash sign a U.N. peace deal to reunify Cyprus after 28 years and enable them to join the E.U., as Greek Cypriots are set to do in 2004. Under the plan, which U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan says must be signed by Feb. 28, the two sides would come together...
...disastrous performance of his Freedom Party in the country's general elections. Haider threatened to resign as governor of the region of Carinthia - he has often threatened to leave politics - after his party's share of the vote fell from 26.9% to 10.2%. CYPRUS Enemies Reunited The Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash told United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan that he is ready for talks on reunification. The decision followed Greek Cypriot support for Annan's plan calling for Cypriot Greeks and Turks, divided since 1974, to unite under a six-member executive council and rotating presidency. IRAQ And What...
...would unleash "popular forces" - widely assumed to mean the vigilante Basij militia - if reformers and conservatives failed to end their political sparring. The threat was also thought to be directed at the students, but they remained defiant. CYPRUS Annan's Plan The United Nations gave Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders a peace plan aimed at reuniting the island, which has been divided since 1974, when Turkish troops prevented union with Greece by invading the north of the island. The document, written by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan with the help of U.S. and British diplomats, includes territorial trade-offs...