Initial breakthrough in Cyprus

After three days of meetings in New York, the two sides in Cyprus have agreed to begin talks next week towards reunification of the island, as indicated in this report: "Greek Cypriots herald beginning of the end to island's long division." The timetable is tight: "The two sides will seek to agree a reunification plan by March 22. If no deal is reached, Greece and Turkey will be brought in to try to get an accord by March 29. Anything left after that would be down to Annan to decide." Any agreement would then go to the Cypriot people in a referendum.