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Article: Division mars Aegean paradise; Greece, Turkey struggle to keep peace in islands.(WORLD)(BRIEFING: EUROPE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 18, 2006
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Byline: Andrew Borowiec, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
NICOSIA, Cyprus - Diplomatic broadsides explode regularly over these emerald waters sprinkled with myriad islands. Political initiatives follow periods of tension, only to return to the perpetual stalemate in relations between Greece and Turkey.
The issue is the Aegean Sea, which the poet Homer described as "calm as a slumbering babe" today a magnet for tourism, a series of pastel-colored vistas illustrating perhaps the closest image to paradise.
But for Greece and Turkey, uneasy partners and rivals in the Aegean, paradise is full of traps. The breathtaking views are marred by disputes over the ...