31.   They feared leaks in their little inflatable craft and paddled with their hands as fast as possible toward the Greek side.

32.   They had walked from neighboring Bulgaria through snow for three days, but were stranded when smugglers failed to meet them on the Greek side, officials said.

33.   Turkish Cypriots have no intention of attacking the Greek side, Denktash added.

34.   Under the offer, the Turkish Cypriots still insist on international recognition but abandon opposition to EU membership for the Greek side.

35.   Turkish Cypriot authorities accused the Greek side Tuesday of opening fire at the dividing line that separates rival Turkish and Greek sectors of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus.

36.   Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash on Saturday renewed his call to the Greek side for an agreement based on recognition of two separate states.

37.   Two Greek nationals were sentenced to five days in prison Wednesday for crossing into Turkish-occupied Cyprus from the Greek side.

38.   Turkey on Saturday protested Greek-Greek Cypriot war games in Cyprus, accusing the Greek side of increasing tension on the divided island.

39.   Turkey on Saturday protested Greek-Greek Cypriot war games in Cyprus, accusing the Greek side of increasing tension on the divided Mediterranean island.

40.   Without that, he said, Ankara will annex the Turkish-occupied northern half of Cyprus, letting the Greek side join the EU.