Ministers are facing defeat on plans to double the maximum size of home extensions if they fail to compromise, Tory MP Zac Goldsmith has warned.
Israel is concerned that Assad, if he is facing defeat, might try to draw Israel into the fighting to divert attention away from his internal struggles.
England are facing defeat after a backlash from Fifa members in response to an investigation by the Sunday Times into alleged corruption in the bidding process.
The government had been facing defeat on the vote and Lib Dem sources say Prime Minister David Cameron told his deputy Nick Clegg that the timetabling motion should be pulled to gather support for it among Conservatives over the next two months.
An outright government defeat would be a huge problem for David Cameron, leaving him precious little room for manoeuvre in euro-negotiations - and facing defeat if he fails to deliver a budget cut, and has to try to persuade the Commons to authorise an above-inflation budget settlement.
Does the wealth of evidence presented by Judge Garzon, along with a spate of arrests and seizures of financial assets in other parts of Europe, suggest that al-Qaeda's international network is finally being dismantled, just as its foot-soldiers are facing military defeat in Afghanistan?
India's low total looked less than formidable but an early crisis almost left Pakistan facing an embarrassing defeat.
The Marine Corps is facing a historic defeat at the hands of Defense Secretary Roberts Gates, and hardly anyone inside or outside the Corps seems to grasp what is happening.
Another galling aspect of the defeat was the fact Scotland were essentially facing a shadow Welsh side.
The defeat leaves Leinster with two losses from their first four games and facing an uphill task to get out of their group.
In contrast, this defeat is South Africa's first in 14 matches and leaves them facing an uphill task to secure a place in the last 16.
Both teams knew victory would ensure outright qualification for the World Cup finals - a draw being enough for the visitors - but defeat would leave them hoping for at best a play-off and possibly facing an exit from the competition.
McClaren is facing mounting pressure after a 0-0 draw at home to Macedonia and a 2-0 defeat in Croatia.
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Meanwhile, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and his players are facing disciplinary action from UEFA after refusing to speak to the media following the team's controversial defeat Tuesday.
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The All Blacks will have played twice in the previous fortnight, having suffered their first defeat of 2010 when they lost 26-24 to Australia in Hong Kong last weekend and then facing England at Twickenham on Saturday.
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