The next on line, for instance, is National Bank of Greece (NYSE: NBG), the largest bank of Greece with an extensive presence in the Balkan region, Turkey, and Egypt.

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They are usually stationed in another region that has seen more extensive flooding in the past.

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It may be too soon to say how extensive the damage will be to the Gulf region, or how much of an impact this calamity will have on our GDP in the near term.

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The study was unique in that it focused on a less developed region of the world and included data over an extensive period of time.

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President Bush proposes what many are calling the biggest bailout for a region in national history as the federal government moves to help repair the extensive damage inflicted on the Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina.

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Now, with respect to security issues in the region, the Prime Minister and I -- Prime Minister Singh and I had extensive discussions about that.

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