Leftist Akinci wins north Cyprus election, seeking peace deal


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  • Monday, 27 Apr 2015

Turkish Cypriot politician Mustafa Akinci delivers a speech to supporters after his election victory in Nicosia, April 26, 2015. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

(This April 26 story corrects context in fourth paragraph on natural gas)

NICOSIA (Reuters) - A leftist moderate promising to press for a peace deal in ethnically-split Cyprus swept to victory in a Turkish Cypriot presidential election runoff on Sunday.

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