Former Cyprus President Christofias dies
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Former Cyprus President Dimitris Christofias died on Friday in Nicosia General Hospital. He was 72.
He was admitted to hospital in critical condition with respiratory problems.
He led the communist-rooted AKEL party as its general secretary for more than two decades.
Educated in the former Soviet Union, Christofias served a single five-year term as Cyprus' sixth President from 2008 until 2013.