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This week’s strike also represents a setback for the anti-Iran coalition the U.S. has worked to forge with its Arab allies and Israel.

The company, despite reports that it’s running low on capital and has suffered repeated setbacks, continues to say it hopes to begin sales as soon as possible.

It also denied her world and European indoor title bids, before another major setback - a grade-three tear of the right hamstring in May - threatened her hopes of making the World Championships.

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It marks an early setback for the White House in an unprecedented legal battle over the independence of the central bank.

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Flotilla organisers have said that the aim of their mission is to "break Israel's illegal siege on Gaza", but have faced several setbacks.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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