If no "Plan B" can be found by Monday, the ECB may cut off funding to the island's banks, it said in a statement, triggering their collapse and possibly the country's exit from the euro.

BBC: Cyprus MPs due to vote on new plan to secure bailout

Remember, every surgeon has to make a first cut, every lawyer a first opening statement to a jury, every pilot a first take off and landing.

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