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Despite ethnic tensions, today's tourists can't resist the past and present of this ancient Mediterranean crossroads for headline-readers the verdant island of Cyprus, tucked in the least-traveled corner of the Mediterranean Sea, is one of those flash points of ethnic conflict that periodically threaten the peace of the world. Almost daily, Greeks and Turks hurl insults and threats of doomsday missiles at each other across a long, thin line patrolled by a handful of United Nations troops. But for hundreds of thousands of tourists who sprawl upon its beautiful beaches in the shadow of crumbling fortifications of Greeks and crusaders, Venetians and Turks, Cyprus remains a ...