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Lawmakers in Cyprus were poised Tuesday to reject a bailout plan that would have rescued the country’s banks but forced savers to chip in for the cost, sending the tiny island nation into a tailspin over its economic future.

A colonel who supported a politician's takeover in Madagascar last year claimed Wednesday that he and other top-ranking officers have taken over this Indian Ocean island nation.

The US calls for an immediate ceasefire to the fighting in north-east Sri Lanka to allow civilians to leave the war zone.