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Cyprus lawmakers reject bank tax; bailout in disarray

Cyprus lawmakers reject bank tax; bailout in disarray. “The rejection, with 36 votes against, 19 abstentions and one absence, brought the east Mediterranean island, one of the smallest European states, to the brink of financial meltdown.” Eurocrats desperately search for new plan to keep Cyrpus in the EU Roach Motel.

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CO2Insanity says:

March 19, 2013 at 4:54 pm

I read about 1/3 of the money is Russian. I'd bet Russian Mafia money. I'm also betting all 55 woke up with a severed, bloody horse head in their bed.