• Foreign firms have been keen to tap into the Burmese market, un-serviced for years in wake of the sanctions.

    BBC: Ford announces entry into Burma market

  • Some of those students were expelled from Egypt in wake of the 1981 assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.

    CNN: rescue workers

  • Frank Mulholland's comments came in wake of statistics on how the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications Act was being used.

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  • In wake of all these changes, what's a console maker to do?

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    FORBES: The News Corp Scandal Keeps Heating Up

  • It was performed in Sarajevo under siege in the 1990s, in South Africa it was seen as a critique of apartheid and in the wake of Hurricane Katrina a performance in New Orleans was seen as an emblem of the city's wait for recovery.

    BBC: Why are we still waiting for Godot?

  • Politicians in Europe and beyond have been harshly criticized and, in some cases, forced out of office in the wake of a wave of economic woes, including governments and banks' role in contributing to debt and other crises.

    CNN: SHARE THIS

  • After warning of falling profits, and in the wake of a mix-up in March in the pricing of some options, it is being forced by unhappy shareholders to reconsider its strategy of building a global investment bank in tandem with its retail business.

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  • Some participants brought up emerging problems of media ethics in the wake of the rapid technological development and continuous change in the profession of reporter.

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  • London's benchmark FTSE 100 share index, hit by doubts over the reliability of corporate accounts in the wake of the Enron and Worldcom scandals in the US, has lost about a third of its value so far this year.

    BBC: UK rates 'to remain unchanged'

  • But this followed a sharp cut in rates in the autumn of 1998 in the wake of Russia's financial meltdown.

    ECONOMIST: Inflation is beginning to pick up in America

  • It also said it had drafted in extra call centre staff to handle an increase in the number of calls in the wake of the technical problem.

    BBC: Tesco Bank faces fresh online access glitch

  • Over the weekend, finance ministers from the advanced economies of the G7 pledged to secure stability of international markets in the wake of debt problems in the US and Europe.

    FORBES: Connect

  • He was elected to the FIFA executive on a platform of greater transparency in the wake of corruption scandals which saw one of his predecessors in the vice president role, Qatari Mohamed Bin Hammam, banned for life on bribery charges.

    CNN: FIFA Asia chief: 2022 Winter World Cup would 'make sense'

  • Today, there are a number of agencies created in the wake of the crisis of 1929-1933 that are still in existence and doing their job, Rauchway says.

    NPR: Are We Teetering On The Edge Of Depression 2.0?

  • Washington's been going in for an orgy of regulation in the wake of the high-tech bubble's bursting and the corporate scandals of the early part of this decade.

    FORBES: Fact and Comment

  • The temporary European ban, announced last night, comes in the wake of dramatic falls in the share prices of European banks, especially those of Italy and France - where on Wednesday the shares in one giant bank, Societe Generale, were more than a fifth lower at one stage.

    BBC: Can a ban on speculation strengthen Europe's banks?

  • Many of these were due to a contraction of the tech sector in the wake of the bursting of the dot-com bubble in 2000.

    FORBES: Grove Says U.S. Is Losing Edge In Tech Sector

  • And has the strategy changed in the wake of the last debate in terms of the tone the Vice President is going to take against Paul Ryan?

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • Mr Poudel said even the heart of Pokhara faces the threat in the wake of the changes in the river's waterway.

    BBC: Nepal floods change river course and threaten tourism

  • There are also fears that private investors are starting to withdraw money held with banks or investment houses in America because of new controls on foreign depositors imposed in the wake of last year's terrorist attacks in America.

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  • Mr. Schwazer said Wednesday he struggled to cope with the pressures of his newfound stardom in the wake of Beijing, particularly the physical demands of competing more often in an endurance sport he says he didn't enjoy.

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  • What must the world think of the United States in the wake of the mass murders in Newtown, Connecticut?

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  • Appel assumes a stable outlook for interest rates through the end of the year, in the wake of extreme oversold conditions in May.

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  • The Obama administration is looking for ways to improve the regulation of offshore drilling in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which stemmed from an explosion in April on the Deepwater Horizon rig, operated by BP.

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  • An aide said Mr. Cuomo has been focused above all in recent months on the passage of a new state budget and tougher gun-control laws in the wake of the school shooting in Newtown, Conn.

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  • The cost of credit has shot up in the wake of recent bankruptcies, putting the viability of many more companies in doubt.

    ECONOMIST: Japan's banks

  • Some of the impact of government belt-tightening in the wake of sequestration turned up in the Q1 report, but the decline in real federal spending (8.4%) was actually smaller than that of the fourth quarter (14.8%).

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  • The decision comes in the wake of a wave of violence in Pakistan surrounding last month's elections.

    BBC: Australia postpone Pakistan tour

  • They are angry about his advocacy of gun control, in the wake of the 14 December shootings in Connecticut.

    BBC: Piers Morgan: Thousands petition for deportation

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