Those living on the zone's borders feared that traffic would be diverted on to their streets.
It is difficult to measure how long it will take people living in the quake zone to recover.
At some point during their deployment, many servicemen and women understandably become overwhelmed by the unrelenting strain of living in a combat zone.
In fact, other than a marked increase in thyroid cancers in those living near the exclusion zone, the report found few definitive links to increased instances of disease or birth defects.
Living in one large currency zone has allowed eurozone companies to raise huge amounts of money to finance investments and expansion.
Information leaflets and letters were distributed to residents living in the 'core zone' to help them understand the simple measures they could take, such as tilting outdoor security lights downwards instead of up, that could make difference to how dark the night sky appears.
Despite the lighthearted approach, the risks of living and working in a combat zone are real.
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In many of these countries the communities most vulnerable to local storms make a living from fishing in the coastal zone in small, relatively fragile craft.
The Japanese government, however, continues to insist that people living outside of a 30-kilometer zone are safe.
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"I was just living in the wrong part of the strike zone, " Gee said.
The Jewish population still living outside the 'Seuchensperrgebiet' ('Quarantined Zone') was brought inside the special area.
She said the constant pressure to be doing more than one is capable of is stretching people beyond their comfort zone and ability to feel that they are living a life of balance.
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Around 17, 000 people will be living within the so-called "noise-sensitive" zone once the airport is built, and 1, 000 will have to be re-housed as the hamlets of Vermandovillers and Lihons are razed to make way for the runway.
If the migration rate outside of the 10-mile zone were greater than 20 percent, it fears that those living inside that radius could get trapped.
While much of the euro zone has lagged, Poland has forged ahead, narrowing the gap in living standards between its residents and those of the richer European nations to the West.
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Twenty-seven tribal and non-tribal communities inhabit 418 villages living on agriculture (including production of medicinal plants) and non-timber products produced in the buffer zone and transition areas.
Although Slovenia is one of the smallest among the recent wave of EU entrants, it is also the closest by far to the standards of living enjoyed in the more established EU members a status that was implicitly recognised when it joined the euro zone at the beginning of 2007.
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