UK minister's Cyprus visit sparks row

British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw was greeted with angry criticism from Cyprus’ president as he arrived on the divided island in hopes of gauging support for a stalled UN. Peace plan.

President Tassos Papadopoulos, who heads the internationally recognised Greek Cypriot government, has refused to meet Straw in protest of the foreign secretary’s plan to see the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mehmet Ali Talat.