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Cash-Strapped Syria Just Prints More

Move risks unleashing ravages of inflation

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 13, 2012 12:45 PM CDT

(Newser) – It's getting expensive for Bashar al-Assad to cling to power, so his regime is just printing new bank notes to ensure that Syria can pay salaries and other expenses, bankers tell Reuters, in a move that experts warn could lead to rampant inflation. Violence...   Read full story »

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