Brazil, with its large rural population, is among the countries most severely affected by such protectionism.
The storm has closed thousands businesses and severely affected the infrastructure of the nation.
Two "critical switching centers" in Manhattan were severely affected by flooding and power outages, Verizon said.
In Greece, workers marked May Day with a strike that severely affected train and ferry services.
Earlier, UK Transport Secretary Philip Hammond said that Northern Ireland airspace could be most severely affected on Friday.
"They are more severely affected, and that is consistent with what we are seeing with this H1N1, " she said.
The World Food Programme says that up to 2.4 million people are severely affected by war in the south.
Severely affected mothers in Devon and Cornwall have to travel out of county to receive care in a specialist unit.
Businesses close to flood defences in Ironbridge say trade over the Christmas and new year period has been severely affected.
The Japanese earthquake, for example, severely affected global electronics production and led to extended business disruptions for the automotive industry.
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Companies like Air Berlin, Germany's second biggest carrier, have been severely affected by the delays and are suing for lost revenues.
People with disabilities in the West Midlands could be severely affected by changes to the benefits system, a housing association has warned.
Sub-Saharan Africa remains the most severely affected part of the world, though some countries there have made impressive efforts in reducing fresh cases.
In 2007 the area was severely affected when 40 properties flooded despite the nearby River Severn being low and the flood plain dry.
She and some other specialists also sometimes put severely affected children on antibiotics to prevent new cases of strep from worsening their OCD symptoms.
Children with SLOS have autism spectrum disorders and the most severely affected have birth defects, such as cleft palates, learning disabilities and heart defects.
Other major Federal institutions to be severely affected by a government shutdown include the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).
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National Police Chief Mario Andresol said Monday that the department has been severely affected by the earthquake, with thousands of officers injured, killed or unaccounted for.
Young black gay and bisexual men are the most severely affected, experiencing a nearly 50 percent increase in new HIV infections over the past few years.
The company also cannot allow the whole plant to be sold as its supply chain in France would be severely affected, putting the entire French business in jeopardy.
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Preparations are also underway to extend the implementation of the Plan of Action to Latin America, the region most severely affected by attacks against journalists, media workers and social media producers.
Journeys through the Channel Tunnel are also severely affected.
She said 15 had shown signs of being severely affected at, or soon after birth, and it was possible the other 22 may also show signs of brain damage as they developed.
But, more than a decade later, it turns out that quite a few countries severely affected by malaria still maintain tariffs on the importation of mosquito nets and other malaria-fighting products and drugs.
Five buildings including staff accommodation and a visitors' centre had been severely affected when the fire came through on Sunday, the Australian National University, which runs the site, said in a statement.
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Specialists say only a small number of people are expected to be so severely affected that they develop PTSD, a disorder that can include flashbacks, debilitating anxiety, irritability and insomnia months after the trauma.
And the fact that it was not as severe as it could have been may be true, but we cannot lose sight of the fact that many, many Americans were severely affected by it, and some lost their lives.
Wanniski says the first wave of deflation to hit the U.S. was a result of the currency crisis in Thailand that spread to the rest of Asia in 1997 and severely affected U.S. commodity producers like hog farmers and oil drillers.
"Newborn babies are affected most severely by whooping cough, and are most at risk of developing complications, " she said.
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