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Greek and Turkish Cypriots on Thursday pulled down barricades that have separated them for half a century, reopening Ledra Street, known as Lokmaci Gate by Turkish Cypriots, a potent symbol of Cyprus’ ethnic partition.
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Illegal trappers on Cyprus killed more than half a million protected birds this fall for sale at local restaurants, conservationists said Thursday.It was the worst...
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An elderly woman was convicted of fraud Thursday after a Nicosia court ruled she took cash from a man to lift a “deadly spell,” using an egg, his briefs and...
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George Paraskevaides, a noted philanthropist and half of a partnership that created construction giant J&P, died Wednesday in London. He was 91.Paraskevaides died...
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