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The country's debt is now more than twice the nation's nominal GDP last year of about $4.84 trillion.
Philippine President Aquino has said that millions are at risk in the face of the storm "calamity".
Consumer spending was hit hard during Washington's impasse in October.
A Swiss team of scientists say their tests may provide such evidence, but Israeli officials dismiss their report as inconclusive.
While the US closed down its spying base atop its embassy in Berlin, the British continued with their covert operation.
Failure to access transportation networks, due to underdeveloped infrastructure, has resulted in isolating many from entrepreneurial activities.
Earlier this week, Saudi Arabia reported that one of its three patients had died.
On October 22, the head of the Joint OPCW UN Mission said Damascus was cooperating fully to locate and destroy its stock of banned arms.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans filed for unemployment benefits in the wake of the shutdown in October.
UK Power Networks said 220,000 homes in the country were without power after the storm.