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In a speech at the Moscow State Institute of Foreign Relations earlier today, he endorsed the notion of taking "pre-emptive measures" against global problems, including international terrorism, but only through the United Nations or other alliances.

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The White House would consider taking pre-emptive measures against North Korea "if they elevate the threat of their weapons program," he said.

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But the regime took pre-emptive measures to silence opposition supporters who have managed to exploit previous official holidays to show their defiance.

It is not right.' " As the violence goes unabated, the police say they will take pre-emptive measures to thwart it.

"We're examining all those sections of the criminal code, and all measures under the law that will allow us, in some instances, to take pre-emptive measures," he said.

The authorities' fight against organised crime took another step forward on Thursday when the national police agency unveiled a new bill enabling officers to step up surveillance of the most violent gangs and take pre-emptive measures if necessary.

The judicial panel said, however, that the executives ignored a 2008 internal report predicting that the plant could be struck by tsunami as high as 15.7 metres, adding that they had "failed to take pre-emptive measures, knowing the risk of a major tsunami".

Like other business owners along the Mississippi, Mr. Golding took pre-emptive measures when the river started to rise, moving equipment and staff members to portable trailers on higher ground and putting the main office on blocks, a costly operation that he said saved the insured building from water damage.