11.   Hundreds of thousands of Cypriots were displaced in the Turkish invasion, which followed a short-lived coup in Nicosia by supporters of union with Greece.

12.   Hundreds of people were killed in sporadic fighting in the years leading to the Turkish invasion, which Ankara said was to protect the Turkish minority.

13.   Iraq urged fellow Arabs on Thursday to take a stronger stance against the Turkish invasion of its northern region now in its third week.

14.   Iraq urged Arab states on Thursday to take a stronger stance against the Turkish invasion of its northern region.

15.   Last week a group of Turks and Turkish Cypriots killed two unarmed Greek Cypriot demonstrators in the buffer zone that has divided the island since the Turkish invasion.

16.   Massinis death was the third incident related to land mines since the end of the Turkish invasion.

17.   Several U.N. resolutions have condemned the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.

18.   The aborted coup provoked a Turkish invasion of the Mediterranean island, which remains divided between Greek- and Turkish-speaking zones.

19.   The breakdown is likely to contribute to the tension on the island, where the two sides have been separated by a U.N. buffer zone since the Turkish invasion.

20.   The east Mediterranean island has been unofficially partitioned since the Turkish invasion.