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...After a failed coup attempts to unite the island with mainland Greece, Turkish forces occupy northern Cyprus...
...Turkish Cypriots declare their portion of the island a breakaway republic...
...brunt of the storm passed directly over the coast's best-preserved barrier island, Grand Isle, which sapped its power; Gustav also seems to have passed over another speed bump in the form of a rare swath of healthy marshes. "It's really incredible; a slight variation of the track either way could have meant six more feet of storm surge," says Louisiana State University coastal scientist Robert Twilley, who studied Gustav's track. "I hope nobody gets a false sense of security." The barrier islands that once protected New Orleans have eroded, and most of the city's nearby...
...allegation follows a protest on the Mediterranean island of Corsica, where a small minority of nationalist militants has agitated for greater autonomy from France for decades. On Aug. 30, a group of 50 or so activists occupied the luxury villa of comic actor and Sarkozy intimate Christian Clavier. The protest, which sought to highlight the "colonization" of the island by wealthy French mainlanders, was clearly also designed to embarrass Sarkozy by targeting his film star buddy's sumptuous vacation abode. Protesters stayed about 90 minutes, just long enough to help themselves to some of the cellar's best bottles...
...when Dominique Rossi, a respected police officer posted to Corsica as the island's senior security official was disciplined for not acting upon intelligence information ahead of the house invasion, the hand wringing began. Critics allege that Sarkozy himself intervened on his friend's behalf...