Despite ruling, Turkey won't pay damages to Cyprus
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Suzan Fraser
| May 14, 2014 - 5:03am
Turkey said yesterday it won't pay $123 million in damages to Cyprus that was ordered by Europe's top human rights court, and denounced the ruling as the biggest blow yet to peace talks for the divided island. ...
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