Team SRI's goal for the 1, 200-plus mile Mexican 1000 is to successfully complete all three of the Special Stages on Day 1 from the start in Mexicali to the first overnight stop at Bahia De Los Angeles before running on portions of the remaining Special Stages throughout the event that fall within the EV1's range.

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Overnight, the soldiers had received orders to stop all journalists.

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In effect, this would mean Parliament Square would be treated virtually the same as any other location used for a demonstration - but police would have the power to stop protesters from erecting tents or other structures so they could stay overnight.

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Yet now interest rates have gone even higher (this week the central bank raised the overnight rate from just under 30% to 32%), in order to stop the floating currency from sinking out of sight.

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