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Jennifer Lopez Faces Suit for Canceling Cyprus Gig

(July 13) -- Even for a fading pop diva, some gigs just aren't worth the hassle. Jennifer Lopez is facing a $40 million lawsuit from a Cyprus hotelier for pulling the plug on a scheduled performance intended to inaugurate the Cratos Premium Hotel and Casino in the northern tip of the war-divided island. Neilson Barnard,...

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Turkey starts oil, gas search in north Cyprus

SINIRUSTU/SYGKRASI, Cyprus -Turkey began exploratory drilling for oil and gas Thursday in the breakaway north of ethnically divided Cyprus, heightening a dispute over who is entitled to the Mediterranean island's potential fuel riches.

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05/25/12 Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 12-05-25 Source: Cyprus Broadcasting Corp (Hellenic Resources Network) Cyprus President Demetris Christofias pledged the government will probe into the mistakes that lead to the excessive exposure of the Cypriot banks to the Greek sovereign debt, as Cypriot employers call for a new economic model in Cyprus.
05/25/12 EU assistance to north Cyprus tangled in conflict Source: EUobserver.com The Luxembourg-based European Court of Auditors on Wednesday (23 May) said EU assistance to the Turkish Cypriot community in northern Cyprus is complicated by political and legal difficulties.
05/24/12 Cyprus PIO: Turkish Cypriot and Turkish Media Review,... Source: Cyprus Broadcasting Corp (Hellenic Resources Network) Meanwhile, Turkish daily Today's Zaman (22.05.12) reports that when Gul was asked on the issue, during a press news conference in Chicago after attending a NATO summit, replied as follows: "Of course it [a Turkish secretary-general for NATO] is possible. Why not? Turkey could undertake more important responsibilities within NATO, including assuming the post of Secretary-General."
05/24/12 EU-funded projects in the north often in doubt Source: Cyprus Mail THE EUROPEAN Court of Auditors (ECA) has said that the sustainability of projects benefitting from the programme providing for EU financial support to the Turkish Cypriots is often in doubt.
05/24/12 Downer warning on convergences Source: Cyprus Weekly Convergences achieved in the last four years of talks should not be thrown away, UN Secretary General Special Adviser on the Cyprus issue Alexander Downer has said.

Background on Cyprus dispute

The Cyprus dispute is the result of the ongoing conflict between the Republic of Cyprus and Turkey, over the Turkish occupied northern part of Cyprus.

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