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Further, to support implementation, the House Budget Committee and Ways and Means Committee could appoint ombudsmen to oversee the CBO and JCT transparency efforts respectively.

Lebanon has taken steps including banning direct flights from Iran and beefing up screening efforts at the airport and other ports of entry.

Analysts said U.S. efforts to dial down tensions between Tokyo and Beijing, reported by The Wall Street Journal, may have contributed to broad gains.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping urged all-out rescue efforts and sent condolences.

Prof Gaffney, from the University of Bradford, explained it would have taken a lot of effort to dig the holes - around two storeys deep - from the chalk landscape.