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Researchers take readings near the abandoned village of Variseia inside the UN-patrolled buffer zone, in Cyprus on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007. Scientists from rival communities on war-divided Cyprus are conducting joint expeditions into the buffer zone to study wildlife thriving there.
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A wild sheep, or mouflon, is seen near the abandoned village of Variseia inside the UN-patrolled buffer zone, in Cyprus on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007.
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A snake passes at the abandoned village of Variseia inside the UN-patrolled buffer zone, in Cyprus on Tuesday, April 17, 2007.
AP Photo/Petros Karadjias
Researchers take readings near the abandoned village of Variseia inside the UN-patrolled buffer zone, in Cyprus on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007.
AP Photo/Petros Karadjias
An owl is seen near the abandoned village of Variseia inside the UN-patrolled buffer zone, in Cyprus on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007.
AP Photo/Petros Karadjias
A wild sheep, or mouflon, is seen near the abandoned village of Variseia inside the UN-patrolled buffer zone, in Cyprus on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007.
AP Photo/Petros Karadjias
UN vehicles pass by the abandoned houses at village Variseia inside the UN-patrolled buffer zone, in Cyprus on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007.
AP Photo/Petros Karadjias
A spider's web is seen near the abandoned village of Variseia inside the UN-patrolled buffer zone, in Cyprus on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007.
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Cyprus is a Eurasian island country situated in the eastern Mediterranean south of Anatolia, west of the Levant, north of Egypt, and east-southeast of Greece. Cyprus is the third-largest island in the Mediterranean and one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Mediterranean, attracting over 2.4 million tourists per year.
