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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Divided Cyprus' leaders conclude 'historic' map exchange

[A man sits in front of the fence that divides the Greek and Turkish Cypriots areas, as he watches from the Turkish Cypriots breakaway northern part of the divided capital Nicosia in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. The rivals leaders of Cyprus have begun a third day of talks aimed at reunifying the island split along ethnic Greek and Turkish lines. The talks will take on an international dimension on Thursday with the arrival of leaders from Britain, Greece and Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)]GENEVA (AP) — The rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus exchanged maps Wednesday outlining the zones the island's Greek and Turkish communities would control in a hoped-for federation, the first time such a swap has occurred after decades of reunification talks.


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