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Mr. Spano urged residents not to waste water, despite the lifting of mandatory restrictions.

Despite the lifting of the threat, officials said that security on California bridges will remain at its current high level.

According to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, press freedom is still non-existent, despite the lifting of official censorship in 2002.

A year later, despite the lifting of more sanctions by Washington, the business group is still waiting for permission to visit.

The Mirror, meanwhile, says it is refusing to send a reporter to Harare despite the lifting of the ban, "in protest at Mugabe's murderous regime".

The reaction of European banks Despite the lifting of sanctions and the desire among European businesses to enter Iran, the continent's major banks are still reluctant to handle Iranian payments.

Shias fear they may dip to a minority.Despite the lifting of the emergency, the spectre of sectarian bloodletting in the manner of Lebanon and Iraq still frightens many people.

But despite welcoming the lifting of the ban, Roszéwitch noted that "homosexuals will still have a hard time donating their blood, and a [gay] man who's married, faithful, and uses protection won't even be able to".

For despite the reforms and the lifting of Western sanctions, the generals had not yet apologised and Myanmar was not yet free.

Despite the Internet and the lifting of some restrictions on journalism, there's still an ocean-wide gap between the international and domestic news media.

Producers in the US and abroad haven't cut back production very much, despite the low prices, and now the lifting of international sanctions against Iran could send more oil flowing into markets that are already awash in crude.