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Denktash to quit as negotiator if he loses December poll

Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash, the person holding up crucial talks on reuniting the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, has said if he will quit as negotiator if he decisively loses a December general election in the Turkish occupied part of the island.

"If they (the opposition) win by a great majority it means the people have lost confidence in me, so why should I stay here and waste my time? But I know that will not happen", he said in the interview with Reuters on Tuesday (11 Nov...

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