In a statement, the town council said it had been "very patient" with the football club and had invested in improvements at the ground but had to stand firm in the interests of Llanelli council tax payers.

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But our overall stand is very firm that journalists, American journalists, need to be allowed to do their work, not harassed, and not detained.

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Treasury ministers want to stand firm on the principle but be flexible on the practice - examining ideas to roll over unused tax relief from one year to the next or allowing tax free lifetime legacies.

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Barak will stand firm on the principle that Israel has no alternative but to make peace with the Palestinians, and will remind the electorate of the conspicuous failures of both Netanyahu and Sharon to make progress on this front.

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Traders have been trying to stand firm on longs, even in the face of some troubling headlines, but hedging was certainly a necessary ingredient to the trade.

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