CYPRUS: Riots & Resolution

Through eight months, the people of Cyprus have maintained an uneasy truce with the British authorities, awaiting the day when their cause would once again reach the floor of the United Nations. For weeks. Cyprus' exiled Archbishop Makarios has haunted Manhattan, a black-robed reminder of Cypriot demands. Last week, as debate started in New York, the island erupted with riots.

Jumping their cue by two days, 1,500 Greek teen-agers swirled into the twisted alleyways of Nicosia, swarmed into a cathedral chanting: "Enosis" (Union with Greece). Outside, they were met by black-helmeted security...

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