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Spain is scrambling to prevent a takeover of Endesa by the German power giant E.On.

Just last year, financial officials were still scrambling to prevent a panic that had engulfed many emerging markets from setting off a global recession.

Health officials are scrambling to prevent a polio outbreak in Egypt, which has been polio-free since 2004, after the virus was detected at two Cairo sites.

It also left President Saleh privately furious about the death of the provincial official, Jabir al-Shabwani, and scrambling to prevent an anti-American backlash, according to Yemeni officials.

Health officials in Egypt and the world are scrambling to prevent an outbreak of polio after poliovirus from Pakistan was discovered in sewage samples collected at two sites in Cairo in December.

Diplomats in the region scrambled to prevent a further escalation of tensions, with some cutting off ties to Colombia.

Republicans scrambled to prevent a plagiarism scandal from overshadowing the coronation of Donald Trump on Tuesday after his wife Melania borrowed large chunks of her opening night speech from Michelle Obama.

As world leaders scrambled to prevent a Syrian ceasefire from collapsing, the US President contacted the Russian President on Sunday night to urge him to stop bombing "moderate" rebels in the war-torn region in support of its Syrian ally, President Bashar al-Assad.

As teams of Japanese engineers scramble to prevent a disastrous release of radioactive material from the Fukushima nuclear plant, scientists are already preparing for a challenge that may unfold over several years: Tracking the spread of radioactive material beyond the reactors and monitoring the radiation it emits in the environment.

Within a fortnight of his re-election, as he was basking in the warmth of a first visit to South-East Asia since his childhood spell in Indonesia, his administration found itself scrambling to prevent Israel from launching a ground war in Gaza to smash Hamas, the Palestinians' dogged Islamist movement.

In response, activists and officials are scrambling to prevent what could become a public health disaster.