Under foreign pressure, the Swiss government agreed in the 1980s to co-operate with international fraud investigations.
Under pressure from foreign forces supporting Somalia's government, and riven with disagreement over its relations with al-Qaeda, al-Shabab has been pushed out of Mogadishu into the semi-autonomous Puntland.
He said there was also a danger that ministers, under political pressure from foreign governments, would slap "secrecy certificates" on inquests which might be politically embarrassing for Britain's allies.
Another involves trade policy, where economic populists in the party are less friendly to expansion of free trade and more concerned about U.S. workers under pressure from foreign competition.
Thus, the researchers reckon that when a tumour cell is under pressure from foreign toxins it starts to make more vaults to help get rid of the unwelcome molecules.
However, both Rwanda and Uganda receive substantial foreign aid and are under pressure from donors to adhere to the path of peace.
In Cairo this week on a rare foreign visit, Mr Qaddafi came under intense pressure to make the final leap.
Dozens of foreign businesses and joint ventures are closing under pressure from regulators.
Two legislative measures under consideration in Congress could put additional pressure on foreign companies operating in countries involved with terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.
Developing countries are under pressure to make their markets more welcoming to foreign investment as well.
VW, and Commerzbank came under pressure last year from small groups of activist foreign investors.
U.S. securities regulators, under pressure from human rights activists, are expanding scrutiny of foreign firms seeking to raise money in U.S. capital markets.
The scandal has embarrassed Mr Chirac, who has come under intense pressure to explain why he paid cash for trips to several foreign locations.
Tajiks, however, retained their influence, keeping the ministries of defence and foreign affairs, while the former king, a Pushtun, came under pressure to withdraw from the presidential race.
Last year, under pressure from Ms. Banerjee, the government suspended an earlier decision to allow foreign supermarkets such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Carrefour SA to open in India.
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Many of the foreign fighters are believed to have entered Iraq from Syria, whose government has been under pressure from Iraq and America to seal its frontiers.
Russia's foreign minister, Igor Ivanov, has alleged that the weapons inspectors are being put under pressure to provide evidence that could be used as a pretext for war, or to provoke the Iraqis so much that they get themselves thrown out.
Under pressure from these countries, the European authorities agreed in November to suspend the inclusion of foreign carriers in the scheme for one year.
"He's pragmatic, prepared to compromise, accepts budget discipline and he'll be under enormous pressure from the markets, " says Claire Demesmay, French expert at the German Council on Foreign Relations.
Two years ago, the king, under pressure from the Cambodian government, pardoned Ieng Sary, who had once been Pol Pot's foreign minister, but had more recently become a useful go-between in arranging defections.
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