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The two leaders in Cyprus are facing a tight timetable to reach a deal (Photo: European Commission)

UN in fresh bid for Cyprus deal

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and the two Cypriot leaders Tassos Papadopoulos and Rauf Denktash meet today in New York to mark the resumption of the talks to reunite the island.

UN mediated talks ended last year after the Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash rejected the UN plan, but pressure to end the 30-year-old division is mounting as Cyprus will join the EU on 1 May.

Mr Annan wants to see an agreement between the two sides by the end of March, so that the two communities ca...

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The two leaders in Cyprus are facing a tight timetable to reach a deal (Photo: European Commission)

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