The gaps were found in computer records studied by a financial consultancy, Alvarez and Marsal, Cypriot media say.

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Fortuny's father, the brilliant painter Mariano Fortuny y Marsal, was leading the way to Impressionism until his untimely death, in 1874, at age 36.

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"Almost all of these companies are in denial like an alcoholic--'I don't have a problem, just sprinkle holy water on this and I'll be fine, '" Marsal told me.

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The Central Bank of Cyprus says that Alvarez and Marsal are now investigating Laiki too - Cyprus's second largest bank, which is being wound up and folded into Bank of Cyprus.

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"We have come just for this occasion to say goodbye to this pope, because he worked a lot and was very patient, " said Carmen Marsal Moyano, 54, who had traveled to Rome from Madrid with her husband.

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