World peacemakers offer support for Cyprus talks

Elders member Archbishop Desmond Tutu, right, talks with schoolchildren at the UN buffer zone in the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008. Tutu, along with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former Algerian Foreign Minister Lakhdar Brahimi, arrived to the island to lend their support to relaunched talks to reunify the war-divided island. They lauded Cyprus President Dimitris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat for their expressed commitment to seek a settlement to the decades-old dispute. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu and other international leaders voiced their support Wednesday for peace talks to reunify war-divided Cyprus. Carter, Tutu and former Algerian foreign minister Lakhdar... [read full story]