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　　The Parliament agreed to creates a so-called investment fund, aimed at helping³ raise 5.8 billion euros demanded by the Eurogroup as a condition for a 10 billion euro bailout.

　　The Cypriot parliament on Tuesday rejected a Eurogroup demand to tax bank deposits, only to make a U-turn after the European Central Bank issued an ultimatum⁴ that emergency liquidity⁵ to the Cypriot banks will be discontinued on Monday - effectively forcing a bank meltdown.

　　Lawmakers also set limits to the outflow of capital to prevent a drain of the banks when they reopen on Tuesday at the end of a week-long bank holiday.

　　A third bill passed by parliament provided for the consolidation⁶ of Cyprus Popular Bank which would have collapsed⁷ at opening on Tuesday. The bank will transfer unsecured deposits of over 100,000 euros and bad loans to a "bad" bank which will ultimately be liquidated⁸.

　　The bank will continue functioning on a much smaller scale which will include deposits fewer than 100.000 euros and good loans.

　　Eurogroup finance ministers will meet on Sunday to talk on a revised bailout package for Cyprus.

　　Cyprus president Nicos Anastasiades, who was engaged in non-stop negotiations⁹ during this week, will fly to Brussels on Saturday for the final phase of the bailout negotiations.

　　Leaders of all parliamentary parties will accompany Anastasiades in Brussels in a show of national unity¹⁰ in the face of strong pressure on Cyprus by its Eurogroup partners.

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