Cyprus in urgent talks to avert financial meltdown

The Cyprus government is in crisis talks today to come up with a plan to secure an emergency bailout package to shore up its banks and avert financial meltdown. On Tuesday night parliament threw out a controversial plan to skim €5.8bn (£5bn) from savings accounts, in a move that risked plunging t…

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Cyprus in urgent talks to avert financial meltdown