At a time of economic duress partly related to the country's worsening insecurity this will have repercussions far beyond cricket.

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At a time of economic duress, partly related to the country's deepening insecurity, this will have repercussions far beyond cricket.

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Some locals say the economic duress has polarized the electorate.

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The Nazis rose to power on the heels of the much worse economic duress and massive unemployment in the 1930s, a global Depression that hit Germany particularly hard and one that worldwide austerity measures are now widely believed to have caused.

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The regime has been cut off by the Arab League, by its traditional allies and neighbors like Turkey, and the regime is under increasing financial duress due to international sanctions and weak domestic economic policies.

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