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The joint statement from the foreign ministers also urged measures to reduce black carbon, or soot, one of the most powerful drivers of climate change.

The Indian prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, listened as Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld urged measures that could smooth relations, like restoring bus and rail service to Pakistan and downgrading the military's state of alert.

The United Nations, the World Bank, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the International Monetary Fund issued a report detailing poverty's spread and urging measures to halve the proportion of those living in poverty by 2015.

With President Bush urging measures to increase the domestic production of energy -- oil and coal as well as natural gas -- the strains on the energy distribution network are likely to be compounded.

The prime minister has warned foreign mining firms such as Glencore and Freeport-McMoRan against expanding their operations, because of power shortages.America's special envoy to Congo, Russ Feingold, visited the country on March 10th to urge measures that could eventually make the calm permanent.

The Libyan delegation at the United Nations, led by Ambassador Abdel Rahman Shalgham and Deputy Ambassador Ibrahim Dabbashi, played an essential role, recording a historical precedent by addressing the Security Council as representatives of Libya to urge measures of accountability and the prosecution of Muammar Gaddafi and his regime.

E-cigarette users smoked more cigarettes, and were more dependent by the strength of urges measure and HSI than those using no aid.

In the report he urged safety measures that were widely implemented.

The group urged more measures to show that the steps were "more than a public relations exercise".

An informal grouping of 33 countries from Europe, the Americas and the Pacific urged new measures to prevent the spread of chemical and biological weapons.

A Brooklyn councilman and advocates for immigrants urged stronger measures yesterday against stores that have locked in workers at night, sometimes even padlocking fire exits.