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Tutu extends a helping hand on Cyprus
South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu walks past a sign reading 'Peace'... |
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A time for realism, not emotion
Eighteen years after the collapse of the federation of Yugoslavia, Greece is once more embroiled in a series of negotiations over the name of its northern neighbor and in a position of having to assess the choices that it is faced with.
Negotiations and choices are never easy matters, but they are necessary. The manner, however, in which they are conducted must be cool-headed, without unnecessary emotion and without hang-ups. |
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A deluge of despair
In the last nine months, close to 11,000 illegal immigrants were intercepted by the coast guard as they tried to enter Greece through the eastern islands that lie close to Turkey. Some are dumped on islets by smugglers using super-fast boats that can cover the distance from Turkish waters to Greek territory in five minutes, before heading back to safety, leaving the Greeks to pick up the burden of human misery shivering on the Aegean's bare rocks. |
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