The defense industry went through a wrenching consolidation after communism collapsed, then got a renewed lease on life as a result of the 9-11 attacks and the decision to invade Iraq.

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The Department of Social Security recently renewed its lease at 50 Cavill Avenue for 1, 893 sq m.

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"If I was going to buy, I feel like I would be just in the same problem that other homeowners are having with the market, " said Laurel Slutsky, 24, who just renewed the one-year lease on her Chicago two-bedroom.

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It is definite that the U.S. base at Manta, Ecuador will not be renewed by the Correa government when our lease there expires in 2009.

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Washington's main base was, until 17 July, at Manta in Ecuador but US troops were asked to leave by President Correa after the lease expired and was not renewed.

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Soon after that, they were told that their lease wouldn't be renewed and that the "friend" was in fact someone who wanted to rent the unit, their court papers say.

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