In Thailand, as elsewhere, the next stage of Asia's depression will see growing pressure on western lenders to bear more of the pain of a slump they helped create.

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With the single market in peril and depression looming, Mrs Merkel would come under huge pressure to pay whatever it takes to save the rest of the euro zone.

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That pressure weighed on Mr. Swartz, who friends said had long suffered bouts of depression.

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This kind of depression is actually normal rather than clinical as relationship and family conflicts increase and from extra pressure women place on themselves to make the holiday season perfect.

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