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These steps included a sharp increase in staff and a new charter giving the board more independence.

Its pessimistic conclusions were reached even before the recent worsening of the security situation in Iraq, which has included a sharp increase in attacks on American troops and in deaths of Iraqi civilians as well as resistance fighters.

They included a sharp increase in fluid coming from the well, even when the pumps were shut down — an indication, drilling experts say, of a "kick," a surge in pressure from oil and gas deep down in the well.

Speaking earlier at Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Corbyn urged Mrs May to use her meeting to call for a halt to "the shocking abuse of human rights in Saudi Arabia", which he claimed included a sharp increase in the arrest and detention of dissidents, the torture of prisoners, unfair trials and executions.

Changes in the planktonic community included a sharp increase in spring phytoplankton starting in 1987–1988 [71], and the strong decline of Pseudocalanus elongatus, which started in the late 1980s early 1990s [72].

This growth in CAM, which has also included a sharp increase in the number of practitioners [ 28], has occurred against a backdrop of differing regulatory environments within the former Soviet countries [ 14].

And they must be wary of the potential for bad news, including a sharp increase in joblessness among former welfare recipients, if the economy does indeed turn sour.

Rice prices on American markets have been rising this week, including a sharp increase on Thursday, but are still down 10percentt from their high on April 23.

There is also a battery of other potentially controversial tax changes, including a sharp increase in alcohol and tobacco taxes, worth almost £6bn a year by 2020, and an "unhealthy food tax" worth another £6.7bn.

The recommendations, which include a sharp increase in the amount of capital banks must hold in reserve, will be presented to the Group of 20 nations when they meet in November.

Nearly 3,000 Connecticut state workers received layoff notices yesterday as Gov. John G. Rowland detailed even more measures to close the state's deficit, including a sharp increase in the state's cigarette tax and a doubling of the real estate transfer tax for many homes and commercial properties.