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But even Mr. Lazio's absence may not be enough to secure backing for Mrs. Clinton.

The long delay in reaching a deal undermined the government's campaign to secure backing for the debt-restructuring proposal.

A crucial European council meeting begins on Thursday, where Cameron hopes to secure backing for the deal struck with Donald Tusk, the European council president.

Back in August, Putin suggested that the war in Georgia was encouraged by the US in order to secure backing for McCain in the presidential election.

"He is trying to convince us that he brought everything crashing down just to secure backing for an agreement that I had already supported on Oct. 27," Mr. Samaras said.

The ensuing political turmoil has raised questions about the ability of the government of Prime Minister Brian Cowen to secure backing for the austerity package when it is presented to Parliament on Dec. 7.

Without support from Russia for a military strike, the United States was unable to secure backing in the United Nations Security Council for a British-proposed resolution to authorize the use of military force against Syria.

The first is that Mr Papandreou must secure backing for a detailed reform programme.

Hamilton admitted it was "impossible to overtake" and peg back the two ahead of him, allowing Rosberg to secure back-to-back wins for the first time in his career.

Nor could it console the visitors, who had arrived hoping to secure back-to-back victories for the first time under Bob Bradley but departed knowing that they had not bared their teeth until it was too late.

Despite a missed penalty by Homer in the closing stages, Irish held on to secure back-to-back Premiership victories for the first time this season.