Ms Banerjee refused to allow a special economic zone offering tax relief.

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What makes the situation so complex is that few of the options used elsewhere in the euro zone offer much relief in Cyprus.

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Lennon credited Redknapp with his improvement in form and admitted it was a relief to move out of the relegation zone.

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It plans to create a "growth zone" in which companies would get business rate relief in exchange for helping people get training and jobs.

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The challenges down there are immense, but there's a lot of devoted people leading the relief effort, from government personnel who deployed into the disaster zone to the faith-based groups that have made Haiti a calling.

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His commitment that the ECB would intervene in the markets to buy an unlimited volume of bonds on behalf of any euro-zone country requesting this assistance provided that the country adheres to certain conditions drew sighs of relief across the currency bloc.

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The U.S. Navy initiated reconnaissance flights to map the disaster zone and was moving the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan into position to assist the Japanese government with relief efforts, defense officials said.

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"This is a war zone down here still, " said Donna Graziano, who has been running a 24-hour relief hub near the beach on Staten Island in a tiny white tent heated by a generator.

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