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Stock markets throughout the world dropped Monday / in the aftermath of a $13 billion bailout for Cyprus, / a deal struck between the Cypriot government, European Union and the International Monetary Fund. // Stocks in Asia plunged 2 percent or more, / with European and U.S. indexes falling in smaller amounts. // Peter Dixon with Commerzbank in London told VOA / the EU would not have inflicted the same kind of pain / on one of its larger economies. //

[Dixon:] I think / that the euro zone will ride this one out. // Uh, I, I can certainly understand / the views of those investors / who feel there are, there were ethical questions, / uh, surrounding this particular move, / but - it's a bitter pill - / but I think / for the, for the wider euro zone, / probably not the, uh, not the end of the world. //

Monday's deal is aimed at / propping up , / which have suffered major setbacks / from the European debt crisis. //