Trying to control bank runs

When Argentina froze access to bank deposits in December 2001, the popular backlash was so severe, its president and his successor resigned within a month.

Cyprus, where banks reopened on Thursday after being closed for nearly two weeks, has imposed restrictions on capital flows - the first euro-zone country to do so since the introduction of the single currency - to limit panic withdrawals.

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