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Martin Doyle cartoon: Banking on Cyprus
Martin Doyle cartoon: Banking on Cyprus
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Despite the predictable typecasting of Angela Merkel and the EU as 'bad cop', her advice has been sound, and the Cypriots themselves exemplary. What you have to wonder about is the provenance of all the Russian deposits.
Note: the word "rat" in German means "advice". Ref: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/25/angela-merkel-cyprus-bailout_n_2947781.html
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