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PETER MACDIARMID/Getty Images News KINGSTON UPON THAMES, UNITED KINGDOM – SEPTEMBER 17: Customers wait in line to remove their savings from a branch of The Northern Rock bank on September 17, 2007 in Kingston-Upon-Thames, England. Approximately £2bn has been withdrawn by customers since the bank applied to the Bank of England for emergency funds.

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KINGSTON UPON THAMES, UNITED KINGDOM – SEPTEMBER 17: Customers wait in line to remove their savings from a branch of The Northern Rock bank on September 17, 2007 in Kingston-Upon-Thames, England. Approximately £2bn has been withdrawn by customers since the bank applied to the Bank of England for emergency funds.

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