Even the manufacturing sector, which has recovered better than the rest of the economy, has been slow to increase its work force.

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So Israel may drop its objection to Egypt's long-standing demand to increase the size of its border force, which is limited by a mutual treaty.

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Although the number of F-22 fighters was capped at 187, the Air Force would increase its long-range strike capabilities by 50 percent and the penetrating component of long-range strike by a factor of five by 2025.

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Kofi Annan believes that during this phase the UN force strength should increase from its present level of 4, 500 to around 5, 600.

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To increase its presence in the cloud computing market, the company has started to increase focus on popularizing products like Force.com, AppExchange and Database.com.

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But the Met said its Commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, had asked for "new proposals" to increase representation in the force as a whole and at senior levels, as it embarked on a drive to recruit thousands more police later this year.

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