The New York Times reports that Varosha, Cyprus--the once-booming seaside city that became the largest ghost town in the world after the Turkish invasion of 1974--may soon be returned to its rightful owners. Photograph by Lakis Polycarpou

"In July, places like this around the Mediterranean are normally crowded with thousands of tourists. Yet a nearby beach, once visited by the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Loren and Paul Newman, is different ...

Finding Varosha empty, Turkish troops sea...