Daniel Craig Drops Bond Role to See Landmines in Cyprus

His James Bond character might blow things up and kill for a living, but actor Daniel Craig was in Cyprus on Tuesday to see first hand the perils of unexploded ordnance littering the ethnically-split island. Craig, whose new Bond movie Spectre comes out later this month, spent two days in Cyprus as part of his U.N.-mandated role as global advocate against the use of landmines and explosives. A 180-kilometer (115-mile)cease-fire line slicing through Cyprus is laced with landmines, even...

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