Here are some of the most common natural disaster scams and how to avoid being a victim.

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By common consent, these measures helped avert global economic disaster.

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That it went along even though it could only begin full-fledged work and training at its mammoth Super Terminal 1 on July 2 -- surely a recipe for disaster -- is testimony to how operational realities and common sense were set aside in pursuit of the July date.

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One group, largely made up of British euro-skeptic commentators, insists the euro has always been an unworkable disaster and that the only solution is to break up the common currency.

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