When Dunn read the press reports, she saw herself portrayed as a spymaster, a process freak, obsessed with leaks.

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In an indication of how dysfunctional his relationship with the president had become in the run-up to the crisis, Mr Demetriades only found out about the country's eurozone bailout when he read about it in press reports.

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"I have read and heard of the reports in the press about rumours of action that we are apparently taking, " he said.

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