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Europe simulates financial meltdown

By George Parker in Vienna

Published: April 10 2006 03:00 | Last updated: April 10 2006 03:00

Europe's financial regulators have held a "war game" exercise, simulating a continent-wide financial crisis, amid fears they are ill-prepared to stop a problem in one country spreading across borders.

The exercise involved simulating the collapse of abig bank with operationsin several large countries to see whether the European Central Bank, national central banks and finance ministries could work toget-her to contain the crisis.

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