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Construction cranes are being used to remove heavy parts of the collapsed roof, but snow is still falling heavily, hampering operations.

He said Thick clouds of steam, thought to be from water evaporating in the spent fuel pool, is hampering their work.

But as a fire brigade arrived to put out these blazes, a second explosive device apparently detonated, hampering efforts to secure the area.

Markets have long been concerned that resource nationalism of the kind on display Tuesday in Baghdad is hampering new supply.

Falling prices and a strong currency are hampering efforts to foster a recovery.

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As they do, they must ensure that efforts to regulate Wall Street do not end up hampering our economy's ability to grow.

Some are prescriptive, enshrining freedoms, curtailing the powers of the state and generally hampering would-be dictators.

This reflects worries that the company has become excessively bureaucratic, hampering its ability to respond quickly to rivals.

It was a fall on that familiar piece of land that had done the damage. It is not an injury hampering his football in any way.

Also hampering China's ability to help, its efforts to refocus its economy toward domestic consumption remain at a nascent level.

They impede information flows inside companies, hampering the fluid and collaborative nature of work today.

It isn't life threatening, but it certainly can be life hampering, as anyone who has a stutter can tell you.

Several countries, including the United States, restricted the technique, thereby hampering stem cell research.

Europe's financial woes are one factor hampering the U. S. economic recovery, which, in turn, could jeopardize Obama's reelection.

Last month Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma blamed the American burying beetle for hampering energy production in his state.

In his speech, Mr King warned that tensions over exchange rates were hampering the necessary rebalancing of the global economy.

Friends of the Earth's senior international climate campaigner Asad Rehman said a number of industrialised nations were hampering progress.

But he says it certainly would be hampering the preparation efforts of some of their competitors.

Reuters Quantitative Analyst Mike Tarsala said weak trading revenues could be among factors hampering banks' fourth-quarter results.

Fierce storm have been hampering rescue efforts and there is now little chance of finding more survivors.

Smaller family farms, low productivity, resulting in a waste of human resources, hampering the promotion of advanced technology.

A severe fuel shortage has emerged as the primary problem hampering Japanese relief efforts in the northeastern pocket of the country.

Increasingly, the insurgency is hampering efforts to open up east India's mineral-rich forests to business.

Still, Spartans assistant Mark Montgomery says Brown is capable of hampering Williams.

The snow stopped Saturday, but wind up to 50 mph blew the fresh snow, hampering visibility.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev calls alcoholism a "national disaster" undermining public health and hampering the economy.

And hampering the free movement of goods would discourage Colombian farmers from diversifying away from coca and into legal crops.

Agriculture officials rely on patchy information about global supply and stocks of food commodities, hampering policymaking.

The egg whites contain antioxidant in biological proteins combined with biotin intestines, hampering the absorption of biotin.

An official told local media that rescue personnel were in the mine but that high levels of gas were hampering efforts.

Senate leaders may try to bridge partisan divides by hampering or blocking amendments on divisive issues.

We support the decision by the Washington Summit to refrain from any barriers hampering global trade and movement of capital.

Power outages and water suspensions occur frequently, hampering productive activities.

Rising development costs and equipment bottlenecks are hampering oil production projects in non-OPEC nations like Mexico and Russia.

But the pools of contaminated water within the nuclear plant are hampering efforts to stabilise the reactors.

"But roads leading to the airport have been damaged, hampering the rescue efforts, " he added.

and that regulatory uncertainty is hampering their willingness to invest.

Airbus's factories are scattered over France, Germany, Spain and Britain, hampering efforts to follow suit.

Rolling electricity blackouts and nuclear fears are hampering manufacturing and exports.

The truck bomb left a crater 59ft across and 24ft deep, cutting off the hotel entrance and hampering the rescue effort.

Relentless rain in western China is causing more devastation and hampering relief work after mudslides in Gansu Province.

the high altitude, thin air, freezing temperatures and electricity shortages are hampering their efforts.

And capacity problems hampering implementation were not addressed vigorously enough.

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A statement issued by the Fed says it took the action in light of "weakening" economic outlook and tight credit that is hampering business.

However, in the process of its development, some questions were hampering its development and growth.

President Obama warned that the constant threat of war is hampering development in both countries.

Loan losses may undermine confidence in the banks that incur them, hampering their ability to finance fresh investments.

Were deflation to deepen, real interest rates would rise, further hampering economic activity.

And, this she says, is hampering the effectiveness of the humanitarian operation.

The overriding factor hampering donations, experts said, is geopolitics.

The credit crunch has made it harder for firms to get loans, hampering investment.

Mr Wang denied criticisms that technical problems with the network were hampering growth.

Aid agencies say rising insecurity in Afghanistan is hampering efforts to provide relief.

The reason hampering the function is that the quality of the listed companies is not high and the special treatment system has defect.

With the economic downturn hampering fund-raising, the group has managed to raise only about $6 million.

All this is hampering the production of metals around the world, and so slowing the fall in prices.

Continuing rain is triggering fresh landslides and hampering the rescue effort.

Damage, however, to roads and rainy weather conditions are hampering the rescue efforts.

Power cuts plunged the city into darkness, hampering efforts to reclaim the streets.

She says she is concerned that Burma 's reluctance to accept outside help might be hampering the relief effort.

New patent rules are hampering global pharmaceutical giants.

The BBC correspondent in the province says cold and rain are hampering relief operations.

Rescue teams say continuing rain and hail are hampering their operations in the capital.

Soon after, the port's computer system broke down, further hampering operations.

But, they report the extent of devastation caused by the powerful quake is hampering their relief efforts.

According to St. Petersburg port administration, said strong winds and heavy snow have been hampering rescue operations carried out.

The Red Cross says it is hit with a severe funding crisis and this is hampering its ability to contain the deadly disease.

By midweek, heavy rains were hampering the meagre aid operations in the delta.

Magma Shackles (Su): The ground within 60 feet of Garr constantly warms and softens, hampering his enemies.

In the first place, some traditional skills are hampering the progress of human beings.

In the early qin period, the old aristocratic forces strong, hampering the development of political economy.

It is strictly prohibited from hampering the free circulation of cereal.

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Bad weather in the area was still hampering rescue efforts.

As a result, hampering of engine combustion due to purge gas is suppressed.

It added that heavy rain was hampering rescue efforts.

Even in America, concerns about what blasting chemicals into the ground does to the water supply are hampering some developers.

Even in America, concerns about what blasting chemical into the ground does to the water supply are hampering some developers.

Mr Rigell believes the Obama administration has created an "adverse business environment" that is hampering entrepreneurial zeal.

If a lack of motivation is what's hampering you then maybe we need to figure out just what motivation is.

Europe is slowing and this is hampering the demand for Chinese manufacturing.

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Second, BNDES is hampering the development of the financial sector.

How will you keep the politics from hampering the science?

Secondly, the blind hampering the normal development of students, so that they can develop, and even lost personality self nature.

That is hampering an economy struggling to better last year's meager growth, weighing on stock prices and subduing consumer spending.

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