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Article: Turkish Cypriots Vote for New Leader
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JAMES C. HELICKE, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
04-17-2005
Dateline: NICOSIA, Cyprus
A Turkish Cypriot settler man walks under a Turkish, left, and Turkish Cypriot flags on the minarets of Saint Sofia Church in Turkish occupied area of Nicosia, Cyprus, Saturday April 16, 2005. Turkish Cypriot presidential elections will take place on Sunday, April 17. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Turkish Cypriots frustrated with decades of international isolation and a stagnant economy were electing 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 ...