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Sunday, March 6, 2011

Quakes to almost halve NZ economic growth in 2011


WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Police cordons around the most devastated section of New Zealand's earthquake-struck city of Christchurch were relaxed Sunday, allowing businesspeople and residents to salvage their valuables nearly two weeks after a temblor that killed at least 166 people.

Meanwhile, the government forecast that last month's quake, combined with a larger but less destructive one that hit the Christchurch region in September, will almost halve New Zealand's economic growth this year.

Read more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110306/ap_on_bi_ge/as_new_zealand_earthquake

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