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Even before the government shutdown, she noted, the FAA was grappling with a shortage of air traffic controllers.

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Many have faced persistent shortages of food, and large parts of the enclave have been reduced to rubble by the fighting.

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Ecuador dollarized successfully in 2000 despite being in the middle of a political and banking crisis, with a shortage of reserves at its central bank.

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Still, oil shortages alone can grind the Russian bear to a halt militarily.

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The near-daily protests erupted on September 25 in anger over regular and lengthy power and water shortages in Madagascar, one of the poorest countries in the world, and evolved into a broader anti-government movement.

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