The problems were compounded by severe food shortages.

严重的食物短缺使问题进一步恶化。

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So, you have a compounded problem of the ordinary population with an additional population of newly displaced people facing these severe food shortages.

因此，不仅是普通大众，还有这些刚刚逃离家园的人都面临严峻的食品短缺问题。

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Millions have been left without water, electricity, fuel or enough food and hundreds of thousands more are homeless, the misery compounded by heavy snowfalls, freezing cold and wet conditions.

数百万人缺乏足够的饮用水、电力、燃料以及食物，成千上万人无家可归，他们都在遭受暴雪、冰冻和潮湿天气造成的残酷生存环境。

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Poor countries' food-export bans and fuel subsidies compounded the problems.

ECONOMIST: Shifting the balance

In the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997, Congress specifically exempted drugs compounded for identified individual patients from the same requirements governing manufactured drugs.

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