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World Service,03 Apr 2013,28 mins

Rebuilding Cyprus

World Business Report

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As the IMF gives details of its bailout for crisis-hit Cyprus, the new finance minister says the country will rebuild its economy. But how did the country's banks lose so much money in the first place? We have the inside story. The IMF is also busy at work in Egypt where it will soon decide whether or not to authorise a multi-billion dollar loan. And on the 40th anniversary of the mobile phone, we hear from the man who made the first call. Gettyimages/AFP

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