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Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Turkish Cypriot leader: 2016 peace deal still possible

[Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, left, speaks with Greek Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, right, next to Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide, 2nd right, and Elizabeth Spehar, Deputy to the Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Cyprus, 2nd left, during the Cyprus Talks, in Mont Pelerin, Switzerland Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)]NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The leader of the breakaway Turkish side says he's hopeful a deal reunifying ethnically divided Cyprus can still be achieved this year, despite a failure to agree on how much territory Greek and Turkish Cypriots will control in an envisioned federation.


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