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Who's winning the "Game of Thrones?" Here are some clear victors in the real world.
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LONDON, March 28- When Argentina froze access to bank deposits in December 2001, the popular backlash was so severe its president and his successor had resigned within a month.
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NICOSIA, March 28- Cypriots are expected to descend in their thousands on Thursday on banks, which reopen with tight controls imposed on transactions to prevent fleeing depositors from cleaning out the vaults in a catastrophic bank run.
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*Cyprus to restrict bank withdrawals, ban cheques. NICOSIA, March 27- Cyprus trucked out cash for its banks on Wednesday night to prepare them to reopen to a siege by anxious depositors, with tough controls imposed on the use of currency to avert a bank run as a result of its harsh rescue deal.
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The capital controls, being imposed to avert a run on banks after an EU bailout, will limit foreign transactions and capital outflows but not movements of money within the country itself, the head of the Cyprus chamber of commerce said on Wednesday after meeting government officials.
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NICOSIA, March 27- Cyprus is expected to stop people taking their money out of the country but will not restrict dealings at home as it tries to avert a run on its banks after agreeing a tough rescue package with international lenders. European leaders said the deal averted a chaotic national bankruptcy that might have forced Cyprus out of the euro.
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*Depreciation helped Iceland recover, not open to Cyprus. STOCKHOLM/ REYKJAVIK, March 27- For Iceland, there was a sense of deja vu when Cyprus's finance minister said capital controls would probably last "a matter of weeks".
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*Depreciation helped Iceland recover, not open to Cyprus. STOCKHOLM/ REYKJAVIK, March 27- For Iceland, there was a sense of deja vu when Cyprus's finance minister said capital controls would probably last "a matter of weeks".
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ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla.-- Footage from a helmet camera worn by a skydiving instructor during his fatal jump in Florida showed that he was trying to help another man just before they both died, officials said Tuesday.
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Europe's financial crisis is costing lives, with suicides and infectious diseases on the rise, yet politicians are not addressing the problem, health experts say.
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LONDON, March 26- Cyprus probably won't be the last euro zone country to ask for an international bailout, according to a Reuters poll of economists, who cited Spain and Slovenia as the likeliest candidates.
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*Russia says healthy banks should not suffer. By Michele Kambas and Costas Pitas. NICOSIA, March 27- Cyprus is set to restrict the flow of cash from the island and may curb the use of Cypriot credit cards abroad as it tries to avert a run on its banks after agreeing a tough rescue package with international lenders.
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*Iceland shows alternative way as health standards hold up. LONDON, March 27- Europe's financial crisis is costing lives, with suicides and infectious diseases on the rise, yet politicians are not addressing the problem, health experts said on Wednesday.
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LONDON, March 26- Britain's third-largest grocer, J Sainsbury. ,expanded its market share in the 12 weeks to March 17, while industry leader Tesco and No. 4 player Wm Morrison lost ground, according to monthly data published on Tuesday.
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MIAMI-- Two Icelandic skydivers who died during weekend jumps at a popular southwest Florida camp did not deploy their main parachutes, the co-owner of the facility said Sunday.
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*Cameron is under pressure from UK Independence Party. LONDON, March 25- Prime Minister David Cameron unveiled a crackdown on immigration on Monday, saying he planned to show illegal migrants "the door" and rein in welfare benefits he believes lure foreigners to live off the British state.
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OSLO, March 24- Middle East-style oil wealth combined with a generous Nordic welfare model is slowly throttling big chunks of Norway's economy, threatening western Europe's biggest success story.
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BRUSSELS, March 21- There was no official red flag that Cyprus's oversized banking sector posed a big risk to its economy until last year, when the European Union set up tools to monitor such imbalances, a Reuters review of EU reports dating back to 2003 showed.
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BRUSSELS, March 21- There was no official red flag that Cyprus's oversized banking sector posed a big risk to its economy until last year, when the European Union set up tools to monitor such imbalances, a Reuters review of EU reports dating back to 2003 showed.
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*Cyprus faces stark choice between Europe and Russia. LONDON, March 21- As it tries to play Russia off against Europe to salvage its economy, Cyprus has embarked on a high-stakes poker game that could see almost everyone lose.