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Waiting it out: The global economic downturn has pummeled China hard, with migrant workers being among the worst hit.

According to one expert's account of nuclear emergency procedures, workers would be cycled in and out of the worst-hit parts of the plant.

The bank did not have big exposures in the worst-hit areas "because we chose not to" .

At dawn, Rikuzentakata began to assess the staggering human toll. It was one of the worst-hit Japanese cities.

Among the worst hit were D-Ram memory chip groups, which had already been dealing with industry overcapacity.

The motor industry, one of the worst hit by the plunge in global demand, is expected to see further losses.

It was one of the worst hit towns during the recent conflict.

Floodwaters are gradually receding in a few of the worst-hit provinces, where at least 427 people were killed.

Much of the northeast was impassable, and by late Saturday rescuers had not arrived in the worst-hit areas.

Prices may be falling but buyers are at least returning to the worst-hit markets, tempted by cheaper homes and lower mortgage rates.

That would make it the worst-hit country among the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations.

Large-scale deforestation has taken place in the region which has made the wildlife homeless, with monkeys being the worst hit.

Wen Jiabao, the premier, visited Dujiangyan and ordered troops to stop at nothing to open roads to the worst-hit areas.

One of the worst-hit areas appears to be Beichuan county, part of the Mianyang city municipal area, about 50km from the epicentre .

Suffering from widespread blackout, Guizhou is one of the worst hit provinces amid China's weather disaster.

Our economy was among the worst hit, yet we still have one of the lowest unemployment rates in the world.

With the world heading into recession, advertising experts believe newspapers could be one of the worst-hit sectors.

Worst-hit by the law are minorities like Christians and Ahmadis, a group whose claim to be Muslim is rejected by the Pakistani state.

As the information flowing from some of the worst-hit areas in Pakistan increases, the specific health needs are becoming very clear.

That would make it the worst-hit country among the Group of 7 leading industrialized nations.

As one of the areas worst hit by the drought, Central China's Hubei Province has many paddy fields thirsty for water.

But power was still out in the worst-hit Beichuan, Maoxian and Wolong counties, the information office said.

The worst hit sectors were machinery, which saw exports drop 20. 9 per cent and electronics, which had a 28 per cent decline in shipments.

Of course, those nearest the highway will be the worst hit, with heavy traffic noise as well as the noise from the light planes overhead.

Even Italy, which has been one of the worst-hit European countries, returned to growth, as did the Netherlands.

Worst hit was the city of Sendai where hundreds have been found dead and the toll is expected to rise.

Floods continue to threaten Queensland in eastern Australia, with the town of St George expected to be worst hit.

The slump was deepest in the prosperous north: worst hit was the border state of Coahuila.

Last month, Feng Xiang, the deputy head of public affairs for Beichuan, one of the worst-hit towns, hanged himself.

Therefore, they would be the worst hit and most irritated by a reduction of the feature set.

Entertainment, real estate and automotive advertising categories were among the worst hit.

Even in the worst-hit countries, protests rarely come from the main victims of the crisis: the young, immigrants and temporary workers.

All population groups are affected by viral hepatitis, but the poor are often the worst hit.

In one of the worst-hit towns, helicopters were grounded, making it difficult to reach hillside neighbourhoods.

Urban construction, rural infrastructure, transport, and railway projects are the sectors worst hit by corruption.

There are reports that the value of some may have dropped by half, a decline on a par with some of the worst-hit parts of America.

Worst-hit are the Mediterranean, the south-west United States, southern Africa and Australia.

Wales and Scotland are expected to be worst hit, but it is unlikely that any region will escape the bad weather.

The ministry called on provincial governments to deliver that money into the hands of farmers in the worst-hit areas within a month.

The United Nations says aid agencies have managed to reach 1. 3 million victims in the worst hit parts of the Irrawaddy Delta.

The survivors are from the town Ercis, one of the worst hit areas where as many as 100 buildings were reported collapsed.

For parts of steel overcapacity worst-hit area, must under the big strength, strict control capacity blind development.

The areas worst hit, including Charsadda and the neighbouring district of Nowshera, as well as Punjab, are all big food producers.

The worst-hit sectors in the third quarter were engineering and recruitment, while leisure enjoyed a strong performance.

The areas worst hit are the provinces and regions of Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan, Guizhou and Guangxi.

A heavy military presence and curfews in the worst-hit states, including Kaduna, Kano and Bauchi, have since brought an edgy calm.

The U. S. , which accounts for roughly a third of luxury-goods sales, remains the worst-hit market.

It is the large, public buildings, mostly those in the centre of town, that have been worst hit by the quake.

A tsunami alert has not been issued for Indonesia, the nation worst hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004.

Cities and towns in this area suffered a lot from the earthquake with Jiujiang and Ruichang among the worst-hit.

The worst-hit stock market in Europe was Greece, down more than 6% on Monday to its lowest point for 14 years.

Provinces including Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Yunnan, and Sichuan and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region are amongst the worst hit.

HSBC, down 5 per cent, was among the worst hit, given its estimated $16bn exposure to the United Arab Emirates.

In the areas worst hit by the quake, hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes, and food and blankets are scarce.

Look at the weight of debt under which the countries worst hit by the crash are going to labor, and it is hard to be upbeat.

Local authorities are also pitching in, helping farmers install pumping equipment and anti-drought facilities in the worst-hit areas.

Northern Kenya, south-eastern Ethiopia, southern Somalia and Djibouti have been worst hit.

au . n . relief plane brought water , tents , cooking sets and hygiene kits destined for the worst - hit district of bantul.

Big banks were among the worst hit due to their high exposure to European debt.

If implemented, these decisions should help the worst-hit emerging economies through the crisis.

Following sharp losses are on Wall Street. Shares of living financial banks have been the worst hit.

The retailers worst hit by supply problems are government chains specifically established to provide a reliable source of cheap food.

The Pakistan government says the southern province of Sindh is now the worst-hit by devastating floods with 2. 5 million people affected.

Foreign banks, lacking the same holding-company structures as domestic rivals, were the worst hit.

Rescuers finally reached some the worst hit of those areas in the Sichuan province today.

The former British hilltop resort of Ziarat and around eight surrounding villages were the worst hit.

Airlines, hotels and cruise ships have all suffered, but the worst-hit are the tour operators.

Fourteen machines and almost 40 tons of pesticides have been sent to the worst hit area, Qixian County, an official said.

In Mianyang, the city worst hit, about 19, 000 people are believed to have been buried under debris.

About 700 people who died in a massive earthquake in north-west China on Wednesday have been cremated outside the worst-hit town, Jiegu.

She suffered worst of all; schools were the worst hit by government spending cuts; the worst dressed person present.

One of the worst-hit areas recently has been Deraa, in the south.

Almost every church and Church-run school in Ayutthaya, the worst-hit province, has also been affected.

Insurers were among the worst hit on fears of hefty claims from the hurricane damage, with Swiss Re down 0. 4 percent.

Travel and leisure stocks were worst hit as investors fear the outbreak will affect global travel.

The agency said Canada, with the world's second-biggest proven oil reserves after Saudi Arabia, has been worst hit by falling investment.

The US, which contributes the bulk of Japanese carmakers' profit, is obviously the worst hit.

But leading indices across Europe and Asia ended lower, with banking shares being the worst hit.

Australia has been one of the worst-hit markets.

The worst-hit areas were those dependent on construction and manufacturing.

Shares of leading computer companies have been the worst hit.

She says the consulate is dispatching rescue teams to provide help to those Chinese stranded in worst hit areas.

2 on disaster prevention facilities further testing, reinforcement, on May the worst-hit sites focus on the protection of.

STEPHEN MCDONELL: Well I'm walking along the road to Wenchuan which was actually the epicentre , the worst hit area of the quake.

The poorest regions of the world are set to be worst hit.

Others predicted that these economic shocks would lead to political instability and violence in the worst-hit countries.

In the worst-hit countries long-suffering citizens turned to fascism in the false hope of relief.

The worst-hit areas are central Johor, the west coast, and the state capital, Johor Bahru, just across a causeway from Singapore.

Reporter ShanYangXian in the worst-hit areas by high, which saw hundreds of meters long street, about all covered by mud slides.

Shares of leading financial banks have been the worst hit.

In some of the worst hit areas, drivers can't even tell the colors of traffic signals.

The buildings were razed in the worst-hit areas including thousands of people burried under ruins.

Japan's economy is expected to contract by 6% this year, making it the worst-hit among rich countries.

Rural areas have been worst hit by the strike.

From January to April, the worst hit province of Hubei has had 40% less rainfall than the average over the same period since 1961.

Most of the buildings in Jiegu, the worst-hit town, were destroyed.

However, reconstruction in the worst-hit areas is expected to take many years.

But even the worst-hit countries are breathing more easily.

Japan's worst-hit areas account for nearly 20% of the nation's rice cultivation.

Although troubled business debts, such as commercial property, are rising, households are the worst hit.

areas have been worst hit by the strike.

The official said that children, women and the elderly are those worst hit by food shortages.

Analysts say consumption and exports were worst hit.

He urged the rescuers to seize every minute to enter the worst-hit areas.

In the worst-hit town of Ercis, thieves stopped a lorry carrying tents.

They insisted on state help being given to the worst hit areas.

Yet many people are wringing their hands over which markets will be the worst hit and how steep the price declines will be .

This is a principle that Fukushima Dai-ichi, the worst hit of the nuclear plants, has been testing to destruction.

Indonesia is the country worst hit by avian influenza.

Most buildings were razed in worst-hit areas with so many people, including school students, buried underneath the ruins.

We' re sending a fresh draft of nurses to the worst hit area.

Worst hit are drivers under the age of 21.

Worst-hit is the banking and finance business.

Many of the world leaders visited some of the worst hit areas.

Just hours after the 8. 0 magnitude quake, a rescue team, headed by Wen, flew to Sichuan Province, the worst-hit province.

One of the worst hit is Dallas, where gang-related school incidents soared from 92 in 2001 to 245 in 2004.

And the worst hit will be the regions where the poorest people already live that is the tropics and subtropics .

Worst hit are the world's poorest groups.

Military aircraft are dropping supplies to more than 200, 000 people in the worst-hit areas. One such town is Emerald in central Queensland.

Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia will be the worst hit, according to the new data.

South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa will be worst hit.

Credit business will be worst hit, with revenues falling 60 per cent.

More than 34, 000 people in the worst-hit provinces of Ha Tinh and Quang Binh have evacuated their homes after days of torrential rain.

But this remedy will be hard to apply too strictly, especially in the worst-hit countries such as Ireland and Spain.

Sichuan, the worst-hit province, is home to 75 percent of wild pandas while Shaanxi has 17 percent and Gansu 10 percent.

In the worst-hit neighbourhoods, such as Dale City, the foreclosure signs are everywhere.

The Tangjia Township in Leizhou has been the worst hit, receiving 739 mm of rainfall in 24 hours, the heaviest in 200 years.

Ireland, another of the zone's worst-hit economies, saw the unemployment rate rise to 12. 5% from 12. 2%.

Its economy was among the worst hit by last year's world downturn. Gross domestic product slumped 5 per cent.

They are quite disappointed when we tell them they are not suitable for work in the worst-hit areas.

The Hong Kong Observatory recorded rainfall of more than 200mm in the worst-hit rural areas.

People sheltering in makeshift rescue centres in the worst hit areas

the three main exceptions are thailand , malaysia and indonesia , the countries worst hit by the 1997 financial crisis