Over the past year, Europe's sovereign-debt storm has forced Rome to introduce emergency measures including an unpopular new property tax, a public-sector wage freeze and raising the retirement age to 68 from 65.

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In response, an Inland Revenue spokesperson told BBC News Online that such emergency measures were short lived and the system was now on an even keel.

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Mario Rivera, of the department's intelligence division, recommended hotels have an emergency action plan, take protective measures and be vigilant of suspicious behavior.

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By that July the hospital was under emergency measures and the trust employed an additional 60 midwives.

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Iraq's interim government offered an amnesty to some insurgents, while announcing tough emergency measures, including laws enabling it to impose curfews, make searches and detain suspects in some areas for up to 60 days.

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Shanghai, one of the cities hit hardest by an outbreak of H7N9 in China this spring, will end its emergency response measures following the absence of new cases in the past 20 days, the state-published Shanghai Daily reported today.

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The AHVLA also plans to make sure a vet is within an hour of the port and has vowed to work with transport operators on new emergency contingency measures.

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In a deal reached in the small hours of Thursday morning, Mr Mahuad gave way: fuel prices partly down again, fresh agreed measures (notably, the reinstatement of income tax) to raise revenues, an end to the emergency, and withdrawal of the non-tax bills, to be sent to Congress one-by-one later.

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