21.   Rival Cypriot leaders entered a new round of U.N.-sponsored talks to reunify the island on Tuesday, following a brief break for Orthodox Easter.

22.   Rival Cypriot leaders entered a new round of U.N.-sponsored talks to reunify the island on Tuesday, following a brief break for Orthodox Christmas.

23.   Such a meeting would look at the possibility of reunifying the island in a two-zone federation.

24.   The anniversary coincided with a visit to the island by a senior U.S. State Department official, Carey Cavanaugh, who is renewing talks on reunifying the island.

25.   The elections took place in the breakaway state of northern Cyprus amid growing Western pressure to reunify Mediterranean island.

26.   The two are expected to discuss ways to reunify the island.

27.   The United Nations has proposed reunifying the island in a federation of Greek and Turkish zones.

28.   The United Nations has urged a settlement that will reunify the island in a two-zone federation.

29.   There was no word on whether the two had made any progress in reconciling their sharply different visions of how this Mediterranean island might be reunified.

30.   Turkey has threatened to take action to prevent Cyprus from making its expected entry, saying the island must be reunified first.