The prospect of a war with Iraq is also casting a shadow over the economic outlook.

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Kazakhstan's economic troubles are also casting a shadow on its neighbour Kyrgyzstan, where several Kazakh banks have operations.

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However concerns about security are casting a shadow over preparations for the vote.

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Police officers on the beat were seldom seem, crime was casting a shadow over people's lives, workers were leaving farming en masse, incomes were down and rural Post Offices were closing down, he said.

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But that is just the beginning of an ambitious to-do list from the Fund, which starts from recognising, in the words of the staff report, that "incomplete economic and financial and fiscal integration is casting a shadow on the future of Economic and Monetary Union".

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The solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes before the sun, casting a huge shadow on Earth.

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When the stranger was a dozen steps away from the truck and casting a long shadow on the beach, he held his position.

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