What has surprised Mr Edwards is an apparent reluctance by the Labour-run Welsh government to press for extra cash for Wales.

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But even after those victories, there was still an apparent reluctance on the part of the Irish Government to join her homecoming reception.

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In overnight news, European stock markets declined amid an apparent reluctance of Spain to ask for more financial bailout assistance from the European Union.

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World leaders have expressed strong concerns in the past few days about how Algeria was handing the situation and its apparent reluctance to communicate.

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Paul Dainton, who is campaigning against a landfill site in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, says his efforts are constantly frustrated by an apparent reluctance to release information.

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The team was also concerned about the apparent reluctance of consultants and clinicians in other specialties to challenge the views and decisions of the colorectal surgeons.

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His apparent reluctance to bale out Mr Barak stems rather from the fact that he has heard nothing from him that would make it worth his while.

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It was an apparent reference to Western reluctance in the past to agree to the Kremlin branding rebels in Chechnya as terrorists.

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