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...released from prison two months ago on procedural grounds, was rearrested and charged. The accused deny the charges. No Time to Lose CYPRUS Turkish Cypriots inched closer to an agreement to reunite the island when veteran leader Rauf Denktash, who's resolutely opposed reunification, handed his rival Mehmet Ali Talat, who favors a deal, the task of forming a new government after last month's elections. Talat's priority is to restart stalled peace talks with the south before May 1, when Greek Cypriots are due to join the European Union. The goodwill generated since Denktash opened up the border...
...Turkish analysts say many of the 21 suspected militants charged so far in the bombings trained in al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan before 2001--and perhaps with Ansar al-Islam, an al-Qaeda-linked group that was based in the Kurdish areas of northern Iraq before the U.S. invasion. Mehmet Farac, an expert on Turkey's Islamic militants, says Hizballah may have linked up with al-Qaeda planners over the past year to regain ground it lost after its leader, Huseyin Velioglu, was killed in a police shoot-out in 2000. "Mutual interest is key to this partnership," says Farac...
...They? CYPRUS Election fever mounted in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in advance of Sunday's parliamentary polls - which many believe are the last, best hope for reunification with the Greek-Cypriot south after 29 years of separation. Leader Rauf Denktash faced a strong challenge from opposition chief Mehmet Ali Talat, whose Republican Turkish Party has vowed to bring Northern Cyprus into the E.U. along with the south in May of next year. Denktash has agreed to step down as chief negotiator in peace talks if his party loses, effectively clearing the way for reunification negotiations to begin next...
...from the country's volatile southeast, near the border with Iraq, known for its Kurdish separatists and Islamic extremists. Although a few Islamic militant groups have been around for years, Turkish authorities considered them a spent force. But the turmoil in Iraq has revived their ardor. Local extremists, says Mehmet Farac, who has written several books on Turkish militants, want to resurrect themselves, and al-Qaeda's expertise can help them...
...terrorist hunters. Turkish analysts say that several of the 21 suspected militants charged so far in the bombings trained in al-Qaeda camps before 2001 and perhaps with Ansar al-Islam, the al-Qaeda-linked group that was based in Kurdish areas of northern Iraq before the U.S. invasion. Mehmet Farac, an expert on Turkey's Muslim militants, says the group may have linked up with al-Qaeda planners over the past year to help it regain ground lost since its leader, Huseyin Velioglu, was killed in a police shoot-out in 2000. "Mutual interest is key to this partnership...