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Waite himself had become a temporary captive of the violence that so often engulfs the city. He had planned to fly to Cyprus that night and on to New York, but the bloody street battles delayed his departure. On Friday morning he told reporters that although he had made progress in his efforts to free the hostages and felt that "a good measure of mutual trust has been established," he still faced "grave difficulties" in his quest. Finally, on Sunday, he escaped the street fighting and headed to New York City, where he was scheduled to report to U.S. officials...
...Kofi Annan has asked me in particular to give him my views on how we might better organise ourselves to prevent and resolve conflict, including the support we provide to peace negotiators,” Prendergast, currently in Cyprus for government negotiations, wrote in an e-mail...
...families, and colleagues in other agencies. "Nothing the A.F.P. achieves is done by us alone," he says. "Our role is only as good as our ability to work with other people." As Australian police officers continue to venture out into the world - as they have done since 1964 in Cyprus - they'll be relying more than ever on Keelty's talent to build bridges, think strategically and stay above the political fray...
...membership, E.U. leaders meet this week in Brussels to vote on whether to open accession talks next year. Roadblocks remain: France and Austria insist the summit statement should spell out a "privileged partnership" or lesser union if Turkey fails to make adequate progress in legal and economic reforms. Tiny Cyprus threatened to veto the talks if Ankara failed to give de facto recognition to the Greek part of the island state. Turkey complains that the invitation is "discriminatory" because it makes demands not made of previous E.U. applicants. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Turkish TV last week...
...would have the U.N. sanctions revoked. According to a September CIA report, the biggest beneficiaries of those vouchers were businesspeople from France, Russia and China, including a former French Interior Minister and members of the Russian parliament. The most serious charge is that Benon Sevan, the U.N. administrator from Cyprus who managed the $64 billion oil-for-food program, illegally received more than 7 million bbl. of oil, although Sevan has denied doing so. Investigators accuse Banque Nationale de Paris, where the U.N. held the money for the oil-for-food program, of failing to monitor how the oil revenue...