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But observers said the agreement was a face-saving compromise, providing the embattled Chinese negotiator with badly-needed support.

The president said he heard it was a good place for an embattled leader to disappear into the mountains.

At the beginning of August, rebels said Khamis had been killed in a NATO airstrike in the embattled city of Zlitan.

He told Yemen's embattled president to quit. And he asked Syria's president to "lead that transition [to democracy] or get out of the way. "

The embattled OC Chairman also hit out at the critics of the Games and said he was ready for any inquiry post the Games.

Analysts framed the results as a referendum on the embattled premier, and even Berlusconi's coalition allies lashed out at him.

Georgia recently marked two important milestones in its development as a small, embattled democracy in a tough neighborhood.

It was the US's most staunch allies in the region against the Islamic fundamentalist who were embattled, which made the decision difficult.

Now, however, it is not just Royal's telegenic appeal with which an embattled Aubry must contend.

This nurtured hopes that banks would relend some of these fresh funds to the continent's embattled periphery.

The issue has gained importance as the ECB has taken on a more political role as guardian of the embattled single currency.

Shortly after Mr. Pang died, Federal authorities received anonymous tips that the embattled financier had faked his own death.

not as a call to battle , though embattled we are ; but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle.

However, Israel's main qualification for entrepreneurialism is its status as an embattled Jewish state in a sea of Arab hostility.

Yemen's embattled president has made his first public appearance since he was injured last month in an attack on his compound.

But Hosni Mubarak's embattled regime was hoping to tie the protesters to a more sinister foodstuff: Kentucky Fried Chicken.

The gloomy atmosphere reflected the dark mood in a small, embattled country of 2. 2m people.

Libyan government TV broadcast images of Gadhafi supporters chanting and dancing as they waved posters of the embattled leader.

The embattled prime minister has faced growing pressure from within his own party to resign ahead of forthcoming elections in July.

That was not the only good news for the embattled prime minister.

This is all good news for the often embattled east African consumer.

Pakistan's general election was a humiliation for the embattled presidency of Pervez Musharraf.

Unusually for a Japanese politician, Naoto Kan, the embattled prime minister, has even caught the national mood.

The latest data on Friday pointed to a sluggish recovery at best with little or no help to come from embattled consumers.

Embattled President Hosni Mubarak earlier met top commanders during a visit to a military headquarters.

Searching for metaphors to describe embattled social groups, Chinese media have recently seemed to favor the animal kingdom.

Toyota's embattled chief executive, Akio Toyoda, making his first visit to the Detroit show, admitted that the firm "did receive damage" .

The embattled company intends to sell up to $30 billion of assets to settle its bills.

The European Central Bank (ECB) rejects the idea of acting as a lender of last resort to embattled, but solvent, governments.

Linked to the current mood, commentators often depict an embattled and shrinking middle class, with sharply rising financial inequality.

However, the prime minister gave his support to Chris Patten, the embattled chairman of the BBC Trust, the corporation's governing body.

The noose may be tightening around Israel's embattled prime minister in a corruption scandal, but he is pressing on.

The US military has war-gamed a horrifying scenario in which an embattled North Korea launches a nuclear weapon which strikes Tokyo.

These Islamist militants were not fighting against Pakistan's embattled government, however, but for it.

Monday's standoff opened the unsavory possibility that U. S. -trained forces could be unleashed to defend the embattled leader.

Embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich tells the Associated Press he did nothing wrong and deserves a fair trial.

The mood on Wall Street was more embattled.

Reuters, however, quoted a Venezuelan source who dismissed reports that Libya's embattled leader was en-route to the Latin American nation.

The Democratic leadership has raised objections to Burris's appointment by embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.

Pro-Gadhafi supporters also chanted slogans in favor of their embattled leader, denouncing NATO intervention.

Jacqui Smith, the embattled home secretary, also confirmed yesterday that she would leave the government in the reshuffle.

The result will also be a boost to Brian Cowen, Ireland's embattled taoiseach.

It was a major victory for the embattled software maker.

The embattled administration is facing a blanket indictment from the media for defrauding the public.

Senate Democratic leaders have said they might not seat Burris who was appointed by embattled Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich.

A stronger yuan would also increase the purchasing power of the Chinese, which would help re inflate embattled global economies.

Tony Hayward had become the embattled public face of BP and the Gulf oil disaster.

Reducing the size of the balance sheet is important for embattled firms like Lehman.

But after 30 years of strong-arm one-man rule, Mr Gayoom is embattled.

But the embattled oil giant also pointed the finger at other companies, including Transocean and Halliburton.

But they should inject some much-needed confidence into the currency and into an embattled people.

Things grew worse for the embattled survivors in the longboat carrying Captain and Mrs. Fraser.

But the firebreak between Greece and the other embattled sovereigns of the euro zone is even more important.

Decisiveness is not a virtue of the embattled Mr Singh.

Friday's violence and protests marked a watershed for protesters and the regime of embattled president Bashar Assad.

It also refrained, self-interestedly, from making life difficult for Peter Robinson, the embattled leader of the DUP.

And the region'santi-corruption outfits are proving toothless, sidelined or simply embattled.

Little wonder that it made economic sense to embattled Afghan farmers.

France, Belgium and Luxembourg announced on Sunday they had approved a plan for the future of the embattled bank but offered no details.

The revelation that BofA needs about $35bn in extra capital will increase pressure on Ken Lewis, its embattled chief executive.

Various embattled film and music companies, whose copyrighted wares the Pirate Bay helped to distribute, saw the process differently.

The reception underscores the challenge to Mr. Kan, an embattled and unpopular leader even before Japan's March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

Obama argues that the withdrawal of U. S. forces from combat opens a new chapter in America's relationship with that embattled nation.

South Sudan, newly independent and embattled, has little stomach for fighting the LRA.

The embattled economies on the periphery, such as Ireland, Portugal and Greece, have less choice and a grim future.

Yet the embattled Gonzales' grip on his job seems unshakable.

Regular troops loyal to Libya's embattled leader, Muammar Qaddafi, had pressed into Benghazi, the east's main city, on Saturday.

President Obama has again demanded that the embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi step down.

The marketplace may or may not give the embattled framework another chance, and EJB will still need to deliver.

"Drivable means safe, " said Cezary Grabarczyk, the embattled infrastructure minister. "Work will be continuing on embankments. "

Three days later Egypt's embattled autocrats took their country offline.

The embattled head of state on Sunday also called on the new government to maintain peace and socio-economic development.

Opel, the embattled German arm of General Motors, is considering a similar plan.

There were signs the embattled company was turning its core divisions round.

But some critics think the embattled bank chief is being overly optimistic.

S. has been pushing electric cars for environmental reasons and to revive Detroit's embattled car industry.

Stock prices jumped: those of embattled French banks soared by almost 20% in just two days.

Racing at embattled Donington Park is back on track, after the 2010 British grand prix venue recently lost its license.

Chaotic Yemen's embattled dictator has again promised to step down.

Reviled in some circles and mocked in others, Rand's 1957 novel of embattled capitalism is a favourite of libertarians and college students.

He also said Italy is seeking to send medical supplies and other aid to the embattled city of Misrata.

won the Nobel Peace Prize has been as polarizing as his embattled healthcare reform plans.

Tensions escalated on March 4 as forces loyal to embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi used tear gas against protesters in Tripoli.

Communications were cut in the embattled area .

THERE is good reason to admire the craftiness of Yemen's embattled president, Ali Abdullah Saleh.

When popular opinion turned against Thaksin in 2006, Samak became a vocal defender of the embattled prime minister.

Russia's embattled head of Yukos Oil, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, went to jail on charges of fraud and forgery and saw his fortune plunge.

the deal may do something to help stabilise an embattled financial system.

Aides of Somalia's embattled president, Sharif Ahmed, say there may be over 2, 000 of them.

So let's lend poor, embattled BP a hand and show them what people who actually know how to use Photoshop can do.

the church has a low embattled tower.

It is already a sensation in Japan and now looks set to transform the fortunes of the embattled UK retail industry.

GM's U. S. market share slid to 19 percent in May, a record low for the embattled automaker that commanded 45 percent in 1980.

And early last year, thanks to the film-makers looking to replace an embattled Edison Chen, Williams landed the part in Jump.

Embattled automaker General Motors says it has reached a preliminary agreement to sell its Hummer brand. but

Need -- not as a call to battle, though embattled we are -- but a call to bear the

Now the trumpet summons us again, not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are;

East Timor President Jose Ramo Horta is supporting the embattled Prime Minister

Associated Press reported that in South Korea "front" in front of embattled South Korean soldiers standing guard;

An embattled social enterprise seeks to revive its fortunes

embattled adj. surrounded by enemies

Here once the embattled farmers stood,

The embattled baron of media