31.   U.N.-mediated talks aimed at reunifying the island have not succeeded.

32.   Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash told a U.S. envoy Tuesday that his breakaway republic must receive official recognition before talks to reunify the island can restart.

33.   United Nations-sponsored talks to reunify island remain deadlocked.

34.   U.N. efforts to reunify the island have failed and the Turkish Cypriots now insist on international recognition before talks can resume.

35.   United Nations-sponsored talks to reunify the island remain deadlocked.

36.   UN-sponsored talks to reunify island remain deadlocked.

37.   Beijing considers Taiwan a renegade province and sees greater economic ties as a means to its goal of reunifying the island with China.

38.   China on Tuesday launched live-ammunition exercises in the narrow Taiwan Straits and warned Washington of its steely determination to reunify the island with the mainland.