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As the robberies pile up, French officials are waking up to an unsettling reality: France is awash in cultural treasures but has minimal resources to protect them from thieves.

Relationships with government officials are “absolutely mission critical” at this time, she said.

Today, they note in a paper, caste has come to be seen as the burden only of India's lower castes - Dalits and Adivasis - who must constantly prove their identity through official labels.

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The Wall Street Journal reported late Tuesday that senior Fed officials are divided about the need for another rate cut next month.

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Collins acknowledged that job growth has slowed, but noted that the unemployment rate has remained relatively low—at least through August, the most recent month of official data published before the government shutdown began.

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