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POLICE CHIEF FLEES: The police chief of a Mexican border town racked by smuggling-related violence fled to the U.S. seeking asylum after his deputies abandoned him, U.S. officials said. Emilio Perez, the chief of Palomas, Mexico, showed up at the international port of entry in Columbus, N.M., late Tuesday, saying his two deputies had left the department and that he now needed protection too, according to Doug Mosier, a U.S. Border Patrol spokesman in El Paso.
CYPRUS OPENING: The Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders agreed to restart peace talks on reunifying their ethnically split island and to open a crossing in the heart of the divided capital.
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