The deadline came, the deadline passed, and no deal. A plan to hold referenda on the future of Cyprus at the end of this month has failed.
The failure makes it extremely unlikely that a unified island will join the European Union next year.
"We have reached the end of the road," said UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, signalling the end of the last minute negotiations.
In the end it was Rauf Denktash, the leader of Northern Cyprus who vetoed the proposal, which would have s...
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