Originally Posted by BBC NEWS
UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has been snubbed by the president of Cyprus during a visit to begin talks on how to reunify the island.
Tassos Papadopoulous refused to see Mr Straw as he met the Turkish Cypriot leader in his "presidential" offices.
Mr Straw faced Greek Cypriot protesters shouting "go home" as he arrived on the island but insisted he came in friendship for both communities.
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