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　　Detroit, saddled with more than 18 billion U.S.dollars in debt, became the biggest U.S. city in history to file for bankruptcy. The 16-page petition was filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Detroit.

　　Michigan Governor Rick Snyder authorized² Kevyn Orr, Detroit emergency manager, to file for federal bankruptcy, saying "it is clear that the financial emergency in Detroit cannot be successfully addressed outside of such a filing, and it is the only reasonable alternative that is available."

　　Kevin Orr, a bankruptcy expert, was hired by the Michigan state in March to lead Detroit out of a fiscal³ free-fall and made the filing in federal bankruptcy court. Snyder's office was making plans to hold a Friday morning news conference at the Maccabees Building, Midtown, where the governor declared a financial emergency for Detroit on March 1.

　　If the bankruptcy filing is approved, Detroit city assets could be liquidated⁴ to satisfy demands for debts payment.

　　According to NBC News, a number of factors, notably⁵ steep population and tax base falls, have been blamed on Detroit's tumble toward insolvency⁶. The population of Detroit that in the 1950s reached 1.8 million is now struggling to stay above 700,000. Much of the middle-class and scores of businesses have fled Detroit, taking their tax dollars with them.

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