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Article: Turkish Cypriots vote for new leader to replace hardline incumbent
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- April 17, 2005
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JAMES C. HELICKE, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
04-17-2005
Dateline: NICOSIA, Cyprus
Turkish Cypriots frustrated with decades of international isolation and a stagnant economy elect a new leader Sunday to replace Rauf Denktash, the hard-liner who for decades has opposed efforts to unite the war-divided island.
The front-runner in Sunday's presidential elections in the breakaway Turkish Cypriot state, Mehmet Ali Talat, wants to start new reunification talks with Greek Cypriots so that the Turkish-occupied north will not be excluded from benefits of the island's membership in the European Union.
"We are electing a president for peace, for a solution, for the European Union," Talat said ...