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NICOSIA: Mustafa Akinci, a pro-reunification moderate and Ankara-backed challenger Ersin Tatar are to contest an Oct 18 runoff for the presidency of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus after the latter, a right-wing nationalist, won 32.5 percent of the vote and the incumbent 30 percent in Sunday’s vote. The presidential vote was held amid heightened tensions on the divided island …

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