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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

The US power failure

800,000 face weeks of unpaid lay-offs as Republicans and Democrats force partial shutdown of government over Obamacare

And so – absurdly, shamefully and almost incomprehensibly – it has come to this. The legislature of the richest, most powerful country on earth, that likes to present itself as a model of democracy and good sense, has failed in its basic task of providing funds to keep the federal government running.