31.   As the wider implications of the scandal sank in, immediate comparisons were with the demise of British merchant bank Baring plc earlier this year.

32.   The regime has tried to suppress their claims, which could have wider implications for its oil industry.

33.   The ruling has wider implications for Fabius and former socialist social affairs minister Georgina Dufoix and former health minister Edmond Herve.

34.   Meanwhile, a Sydney solicitor specialising in retail trade law said the new ruling had implications wider than the tobacco industry.

35.   The NATO ambassadors also have to consider the wider international implications of any increase in air strikes.