In split Cyprus, a homecoming digs up old conflicts

Perched halfway up a cragged mountain range, limestone outcrops frame the small village of mostly single-story homes where Nicholas Skourides was born, and where he says he simply wants to live out the rest of his days.

Skourides is the first Greek Cypriot on ethnically divided Cyprus to start building a home in the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north after a very rare decision by authorities there to allow him to reclaim the land he and his family fled 44 years ago. But the 78-year-old's plans have stirred up unease among Turkish Cypriots over what would happen if more Greek Cypriots are given back their land without a peace deal sorting out the complex property issue.

Some Turkish Cypriots have hailed Skourides's decision as helping to undergird peace; others don't want Greek Cypriots returning at all.  Many worry about what this could mean to Greek Cypriot-owned property...