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Another theory — denied by the Cypriot government — is that Russia hopes for preferential treatment in getting rights to explore the natural gas reserves that are believed to lie off the Cypriot coast.

Photograph: Damian Dovarganes/AP 4.25pm GMT That's clear: a protesters during a rally against the ratification of a one-off tax in front of the Cypriot parliament in Nicosia, Cyprus.

Turning off Nicosia's major arterial road and into the dark streets of the Cypriot capital, the atmosphere begins to change.

EU big nation Turkophobes hide behind Greek and Cypriot manoeuvring on the Cypriot issue.

Talks over a possible bailout for Cyprus took place last night, as our correspondent Helena Smith reports: IMF chief Christine Lagarde kicked off her meetings in the Cypriot capital, Nicosia, holding a round of talks with the island's president Demetris Christofias.

Ever since the European Central bank, at the behest of Germany and other big countries in the European Union, threatened to cut off emergency funding for the Cypriot financial system, the tiny island has been faced with Hobson's choice: either it accepts the harsh measures imposed by the E.U., or it crashes out of the euro and watches its banking system collapse.

Hats off to the Cypriots, though, and off they go to parade in front of their jubilant fans.

Ledra Street has been divided since 1964, when an outbreak of intercommunal fighting led British soldiers to lay barbed wire to cut off the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities.

The Cypriot authorities had sought to head off any such initiatives on the grounds that they would do lasting damage to their financial services sector.

In the night's other play-off clash, FC Copenhagen needed a late goal to edge past the Cypriot club Apoel Nicosia.

The Cypriot is booked as Keane hobbles off the pitch for treatment.