21.   Cyprus welcomed the Kosovo peace deal Friday, saying it hoped the settlement would revive negotiations on the reunification of this divided island.

22.   Cyprus declared Wednesday that Washington should guarantee its security if it wants to defuse tension on the divided island.

23.   Cypriots on both sides of the divided island have held pro-reunification demonstrations to press for concrete progress toward a settlement.

24.   Cyprus announced Tuesday that Greek warplanes will not fly over the divided island during joint maneuvers with Cypriot forces next month.

25.   Despite a Turkish Cypriot threat to boycott peace talks, the U.N. special envoy to Cyprus expressed optimism Monday that the process on the divided island can be salvaged.

26.   European and American diplomats have encouraged Cyprus to cancel the purchase, saying that the weapons system will only increase tension on the divided island.

27.   Fears grew Monday that deadly weekend clashes between stone-throwing Greek Cypriot protesters and Turkish occupiers mean worse lies ahead for the divided Mediterranean island.

28.   Government and Greek Cypriot party leaders on Thursday protested the staging of a U.S. Embassy reception in the Turkish-occupied north of the divided island.

29.   Greek officials have taken the lead in broadening contacts between the divided Mediterranean island and the Western European Union, in which Turkey is an associate member.

30.   Greece and Cyprus refused Friday to rule out the possibility that missiles destined for the divided island may instead be sent to Greece.