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"Women Walk Home 1975" Poster.

A poster promoting "Women Walk Home," a movement of Cypriot women protesting the occupation and oppression of Cypriot following the events of 1974.

Their goal was to fight for reunification of the divided island and the peaceful coexistence, without outside interference or artificial barriers of Cypriots.

The movement spread outside of Cyprus, and women all around the world marched alongside Cypriot women to the Green Line dividing the island in an attempt to "walk home".

Women Walk Home unearths a 50-year old, intentionally hidden, women-led movement in Cyprus as women led movements are reigniting around the world.

Second Lebanese suspect held in Cyprus bomb probe

Riot police stand guard outside of the house, left behind tree, which was discovered to contain some two tons of a chemical compound in southern costal city of Larnaca, Cyprus, on Saturday, May 30, 2015.

A second Lebanese man was detained in Cyprus for five days in connection with the seizure of five tonnes of possible bomb-making material, authorities said Sunday.

The 26-year-old appeared…