As a result, Mr. Cameron is under pressure to agree to promise a referendum in his party's next election manifesto, a promise his Liberal Democrat coalition partners and the Labour opposition may feel compelled to match.

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But to put an end to the violence, local experts agree, the government will have to do more than just promise better security and more jobs, as Ms Yingluck did.

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It was that very promise that caused government to agree to subsidize the private insurance companies when the programs went into effect.

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The best way to ease those immediate fears would be to halt Iran's accumulation of 19.75% LEU. Mr Jalili and his team might agree to a temporary suspension in return for some immediate relief on sanctions, say an EU promise to suspend the oil embargo.

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Then at the right management level, the managers of the two silos agree the new product idea holds promise and decide to combine resources, both people and budget, to develop and market the product.

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We're not going to agree on every single issue, we're not going to support the same policies every time, but I promise I will never stop listening to your concerns and your ideas, and I will never stop rooting for your success -- because we are in this together.

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