NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Nicos Anastasiades is on the home stretch of his long political career. On Sunday, the 71-year-old Greek Cypriot secured his second five-year term as president of the part of Cyprus that is internationally recognized. He has said this will be his final term in office. His priorities — revving up the economy, overseeing an offshore gas search that could transform the east Mediterranean region's politics and restart reunification talks with breakaway Turkish Cypriots. Here are some of the key issues in his in-tray: ___ GAS WORKS An ongoing search for oil and gas off the island's southern coast will figure prominently on the president's to-do list.
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