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Khattab's ordeal comes at a critical time for journalists in Egypt, a country that has dramatically stepped up its persecution of the press since president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, once head of the armed forces, took the helm in the aftermath of the 2013 military coup that ousted the democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi.
Over the past year, Pakistan has dramatically stepped up its efforts to encourage the estimated 2 million Afghans living in the country to return home.
Over the last two years China has dramatically stepped up land reclamation work on reefs and atolls it claims in the Spratly Island chain in the South China Sea, also claimed by the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam and Brunei.
These kinds of attacks are not new in Colombia's 38-year-old conflict, but the rebels have dramatically stepped up the pace of the aggression and their selection of targets appears increasingly audacious.
Stung by media exposes of farmers market cheating, Los Angeles County officials have dramatically stepped up enforcement, bringing in Ed Williams, deputy director of the Los Angeles County Agricultural Commissioner's office and an experienced agricultural sleuth.
Heinz, which makes a wide range of condiments and packaged foods, dramatically stepped up its marketing efforts this year.
"I believe the time has come for New Zealand, the US and Australia to dramatically step up our collective surveillance activity in the region to provide a comprehensive assault on illegal activity," he said.
Cologne has also dramatically stepped up security, increasing police numbers fivefold and installing new CCTV cameras since hundreds of women were sexually assaulted and robbed outside the central train station by suspects mainly of North African and Arab appearance on New Year's Eve 2015.
Meanwhile, Citigroup has stepped up its presence dramatically in Mexico, another country with the currency shakes.
General David Petraeus has stepped up night raids dramatically since taking over command of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan last year, despite criticism of the tactic from President Karzai and protests by ordinary Afghans.
