11. Greek Cypriots marked the Orthodox Easter Sunday with prayers for the ending the Turkish occupation of the northern third of the island. 12. Greek Cypriots planned to stage demonstrations later Monday to protest the Turkish occupation of northern Cyprus. 13. Hundreds of stone-throwing Greek Cypriot and foreign bikers protesting the Turkish occupation of northern Cyprus clashed with Turkish forces Sunday and one protester was beaten to death. 14. In August, troops killed two Greek Cypriots during more demonstrations at the buffer zone to protest the Turkish occupation. 15. In Nicosia, Cyprus, thousands of Greek Cypriots prayed for the end of the Turkish occupation of the northern third of the island. 16. Last Sunday, stone-throwing Greek Cypriot demonstrators stormed into the U.N. buffer zone separating the two communities to protest the Turkish occupation. 17. Morphou, a town in northern Cyprus, is actually under Turkish occupation and no Greek Cypriots live there. 18. On Sunday, stone-throwing Greek Cypriots stormed the U.N. buffer zone dividing the island to protest Turkish occupation. 19. That sparked fighting that led to Turkish occupation of a section of the island and to one of the longest-running United Nations peacekeeping missions. 20. The ending of the Turkish occupation of northern Cyprus is the key to improving relations between Turkey and Greece, visiting Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis said Wednesday. |