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Ankara would consider annexing the Turkish-occupied north of Cyprus if talks between Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot leaders aimed at reunifying the island fail to yield a settlement, TurkeyA's European Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis has told a Turkish-Cypriot newspaper.

Turkey would consider annexing northern Cyprus if talks between Greek and Turkish Cypriots failed to reach a deal on reunification of the island, Turkey's European Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis told a Turkish Cypriot newspaper.

Turkey would consider annexing northern Cyprus, which is technically EU territory, if talks between Greek and Turkish Cypriots fail to reach a deal on reunification of the island, Turkey's European Affairs Minister Egemen Bağış told a Turkish Cypriot newspaper.

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Turkey would consider annexing northern Cyprus if talks between Greek and Turkish Cypriots failed to reach a deal on reunification of the island, Turkey's European Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis told a Turkish Cypriot newspaper.

PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey would consider annexing Northern Cyprus if talks between Greek and Turkish Cypriots failed to reach a deal on reunification of the island, Turkey's European Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis told a Turkish Cypriot newspaper.

The Government of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is considering the issues of a new constitution and change of name of the republic in 2012, President Dervis Eroglu said on Monday, the newspaper Sabah said.

Speaking to Turkish Cypriot newspaper Kibris, Turkish Foreign Minsiter Ahmet Davutoglu stated that the Greek Cypriot side should focus its attention on the solution to the Cyprus problem.

Speaking to Turkish Cypriot newspaper Kibris, Turkish Foreign Minsiter Ahmet Davutoglu stated that the Greek Cypriot side should focus its attention on the solution to the Cyprus problem.

Around 99,000 Turkish Cypriots have been issued birth certificates from the Republic of Cyprus according to one Turkish Cypriot newspaper.

The Turkish Petroleum Corporation will begin the ground seismic hydrocarbons research in Northern Cyprus in the next 2-3 months, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz was quoted by Sabah newspaper as saying.

The Turkish Petroleum Corporation will begin the ground seismic hydrocarbons research in Northern Cyprus in the next 2-3 months, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz was quoted by Sabah newspaper as saying.

Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita

The United Nations on Thursday announced the postponement of a planned meeting between leaders of the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities in the face of a mounting political crisis in the country. A statement by the UN establishment in Nicosia, capital of Cyprus, said the postponement was requested by the Greek Cypriot side without elaboration. Cyprus's public television said the cancellation of a meeting on Friday between Cyprus President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader ...

An explosion hit a gas pipeline in northeastern Syria late Tuesday in the first attack on the country's energy infrastructure since protests erupted in March, a human rights activist said.

"The explosion hit the gas pipeline last night at 11 pm (2000 GMT) in Al-Tayyaneh notheast of the town of Mayadin," the director of the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel Rahman, told AFP in Nicosia.

State-owned Al-Ikhbariya television said it was an oil pipeline in Deir Ezzor province that was hit and that the blast had caused no casualties and "limited damage".

At least eleven people have been killed due to a series of explosions at a munitions dump in southern Cyprus, state television reports.

Turkish Cypriot newspaper ''Afrika'' came under attack on Sunday afternoon, when a person entered the building and demanded to see journalist Sener Levent.

Mutlu Esendemir , news editor for the Turkish-Cypriot Kanal T television and a reporter for the Turkish language daily Kibris , has been injured by a car bomb.