The nation's fragile public health system also is struggling to cope with a rising number of influenza cases.

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Orders for commercial airplanes are expected to be lower this year, as airlines cope with an expected America's Boeing executives in Dubai put on a brave face, saying that fulfilling back orders will keep their production lines busy.

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The Angel's elaborately woven cope looks like a priest's vestment of the 1430s.

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Precisely because the exchange rate cannot adjust, it reduces a country's ability to cope with shocks, such as a big change in commodity prices.

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Joking aside, Marsar acknowledges he's had a lot to cope with in the past five years.

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