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Urgent: Cyprus kicks off parliamentary elections after exit from bailout

Xinhua, May 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

Polling stations opened in Cyprus on Sunday to elect a new 56-member parliament that is expected to reflect public reaction to a three-year austerity program after a near melt-down of the economy in 2013, electoral authorities announced. Endi