Article Photos: Spain inches closer to financial help request



  International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde, left, and Cyprus president Dimitris Christofias talk during their meeting at the presidential palace in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Lagarde is in Cyprus for an Informal European economic and financial affairs council. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde, left, and Cyprus president Dimitris Christofias talk during their meeting at the presidential palace in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Lagarde is in Cyprus for an Informal European economic and financial affairs council. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)