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...united in the fight against terrorism." Lost Opportunity CYPRUS Greek Cypriots ignored the pleas of the E.U., the U.N. and the U.S. and voted by a margin of three to one to reject a U.N. plan that would have reunited the divided island after 30 years of armed standoff. Turkish Cypriots backed the plan. Ankara announced that Turkish troops will now stay on the island indefinitely and called for international recognition for Turkish Cyprus as a separate state. Some Greek Cypriots voted against the plan because they feared investment in the less developed north would lure tourists away from their...
Tassos Papadopoulos is pleased. In a televised address two weeks ago, the Greek Cypriot leader urged his people to vote oxi (Greek for no) in the April 24 referendum on the latest United Nations plan to reunite the Greek and Turkish sides of the Mediterranean island. Since then, Greek Cypriots have taken up their President's call with fervor. Oxi fever is sweeping southern Cyprus: the slogan screams out from highway billboards, T shirts and posters; one hearse in Paphos drove to the graveyard with an oxi sticker on the windshield. From the pulpit, Cypriot Orthodox priests have pilloried...
Divided They Stand Prominent Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders urged voters to reject a meticulously crafted United Nations plan meant to end the 30-year division of the island. The plan is to be put to a vote on April 24. Rejection by either side would likely be final, said U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. "It is a choice between this or no settlement at all," he said in Switzerland after presenting his latest draft. Greek Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos claimed in a TV address that the plan violates E.U. principles by preventing thousands of Greek Cypriots from returning...
...hear a final statement from Cantat this week. Special Report: Till Death Do Us Part Delicate Moment CYPRUS Last-ditch talks aimed at reunifying the divided island before the Greek Cypriot south accedes to the E.U. on May 1 are set to go ahead in Switzerland this week despite Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash's announcement that he will not participate. Denktash, who is opposed to the U.N. plan on which the discussions are based, said he did not believe that agreement could be reached on basic issues. Pro-unification Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Talat will attend the summit...
...clickety-clack of the tap ingenues in the adjacent studio travels through the walls, once the Middle Eastern beats are turned on, the room transforms into a glorious world of hip-shaking and undulating. Johara’ s form of belly dancing fuses styles ranging from Egyptian to Turkish Gypsy to Saudi Arabian. This may seem a little overwhelming for some belly-dance virgins; luckily, Dance Complex offers a beginner’s class that assumes no experience at all and starts with the basics of hip movement and hand placement. For the precocious, Johara also teaches an intermediate course...