Cyprus Delays Vote on Bailout Plan
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Cypriots held up their palms reading "No" during a protest against a bailout plan outside the Parliament in Nicosia on Monday.
By LIZ ALDERMAN
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Leaders in Cyprus and Brussels scrambled Monday to
contain the fallout from an unprecedented effort to force ordinary bank
depositors in this crisis-hit nation to pay for part of an international
bailout, as stock markets faltered on concerns about the wider
implications for Europe’s long-running debt crisis.