Cypriots keep their "dignity" after MPs reject bailout deal Angry MPs on Tuesday rejected the terms of a bailout aimed at saving Cyprus from bankruptcy, decrying as "blackmail" a deal that had been reached with a troika of lenders that now lies in tatters. Earlier outside the parliament, equally angry crowds called for a "No" vote and held up signs warning that other financially crippled European nations like Italy and Spain could be next. After the rejection was announced, a group of protesters left the parliament with their "dignity" intact. Images and soundbites