It set a 3 p.m. daily coffee break, both to prop up sagging energy levels and to boost social interactions.

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"These are microbes that can survive on the energy from the natural water-rock interactions, " he told BBC News.

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Beyond Nicosia, the Eastern Mediterranean gas issue has been the subject of increasingly tense interactions about conflicting maritime claims and access to what, in a politically less charged world, could offer energy independence of some sort to much of the region for years to come.

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