Detroit, Michigan filed for bankruptcy in U.S. federal court on Thursday, making it the largest municipality in U.S. history to seek Chapter 9 protection.
ນະຄອນ Detroit ຍື່ນຄຳຮ້ອງ ລົ້ມລະລາຍ ຕໍ່ສານ
![Inside the abandoned and decaying manufacturing plant of Packard Motor Car in Detroit, Michigan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c4b5fe8d-07cd-47fc-8463-79a64de5c5e3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Inside the abandoned and decaying manufacturing plant of Packard Motor Car in Detroit, Michigan.
![General Motors' world headquarters is the tallest building along the Detroit skyline.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2e3a6bc1-2b1b-4625-b4e2-2037466ced41_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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General Motors' world headquarters is the tallest building along the Detroit skyline.
![Vacant and blighted homes in an eastside neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/776ce927-65ec-46f9-9f96-680899eec194_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Vacant and blighted homes in an eastside neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan.
![Carla Lyons holds her bidders card as nearly 9,000 foreclosed Detroit area properties are being auctioned off at the International Center Building in Detroit. Picture taken October 19, 2009.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7e12850b-8deb-4c2d-9e31-40d123aa393e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Carla Lyons holds her bidders card as nearly 9,000 foreclosed Detroit area properties are being auctioned off at the International Center Building in Detroit. Picture taken October 19, 2009.