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Cyprus - A Divided Island
In July 1974, Turkish troops invaded Cyprus. Witness has been talking to two women - one Greek Cypriot, one Turkish Cypriot - to hear their memories of those events.
In July 1974, Turkish troops invaded Cyprus. Witness has been talking to two women - one Greek Cypriot, one Turkish Cypriot - to hear their memories of those events.
(Photo: The painted image of a soldier marks a battle position in an abandoned home inside the United Nations-controlled buffer zone that cuts across the Cypriot divided capital Nicosia. Dated May 14 2015.)
(Credit:AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
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