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The creditors' visit is taking place against a backdrop of ongoing economic difficulty for the nation.
That squabble played against a backdrop of ongoing lobbying by the real estate industry and sprinkler manufacturers, whose interests stand in opposition.
No one is in any doubt that the government has a sizeable challenge trying to boost economic growth against a backdrop of ongoing instability caused by Brexit.
With the transitional administration's mandate set to expire on August 20 , 2012 and against the backdrop of ongoing violence, Somalis worked toward forming the foundations of a new government.
Halabi's arrest – and another arrest of a UN development programme staff member on similar charges – comes against a backdrop of ongoing intimidation by the Israeli state of international NGOs and UN agencies working in Palestine.
That call is set against the backdrop of ongoing leaked revelations from the cache of documents taken by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, which has shone a light on government surveillance activities — including goings on inside the UK's GCHQ agency.
These fruitful exchanges, undertaken in a spirit of friendship and collaboration, are all the more astonishing when seen against the backdrop of the ongoing wars.
A similar phenomenon was taking place all over Europe, of course, but it probably had more resonance against the backdrop of the ongoing struggle between Republicanism and Catholicism.
The casino deal comes against the backdrop of an ongoing land-claim dispute between the state and the Seneca Indian Nation.
Sudan's intelligence services confiscated the print-runs of 10 daily newspapers on 25 May against what the International Press Institute (IPI) calls "the backdrop of an ongoing brutal security campaign against the freedoms of speech and the press".
