The Secretary-General also spoke by telephone that day with Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, to express his concern at the current difficulties in the Middle East peace process.

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The important point about Dexia is that its current difficulties tend to undermine confidence in the famous European stress tests, the recently completed Europe-wide process of verifying that the region's banks are tickety boo.

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Even with the current difficulties, Wilpon still shows at times an almost childlike delight in the wondrous course his life has taken from Bensonhurst.

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Because of the current difficulties of exchanging HD voice calls between carrier networks, in order to get the highest fidelity, two people would have to be using HD voice-enabled phones and talking on the same network.

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One of the key difficulties in overcoming the Euro debt crisis is that the current financial system is characterized by a close symbiosis between national governments and national banking systems.

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In spite of the current difficulties it is unlikely that Waterford Wedgwood will disappear for good.

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Eskom has ambitious expansion plans for the next four years, but the company's current difficulties stem from a failure by government to approve capital expenditure programmes in the late 1990s.

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"It seems to me that the current international financial difficulties serve only to reinforce the message that positive action to tackle climate change could in fact be a stimulant to economic activity, " he added.

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My undivided focus as prime minister is on acting to make Britain a fairer, safer and more prosperous nation and, in particular, on guiding the country through the current economic difficulties.

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