71. As a result, speculation on property, which revived late last year, has forced government to take a series of anti-speculation measures including increased duties. 72. Baghdad has been pressing the United Nations to lift the crippling embargo which has sent inflation spiralling and forced the government to cut food rations. 73. Baghdad has repeatedly urged the UN to lift the crippling embargo, which has caused rampant inflation and forced the government to cut food rations. 74. But the Ayodhya dispute has forced the government into an extremely tight corner. 75. The opposition was to announce new plans to force the government to stand down and hold new elections under a caretaker government. 76. The strikes have naturally had serious economic consequences and could force the government into certain concessions, though it says it will stand fast, analysts say. 77. Vlore, currently in the hands of a rebel committee after local government was forced out at gun point in March, has long been a popular smugglers haunt. 78. UN human rights envoy Elisabeth Rehn met Serbian opposition leaders Sunday, fresh from three months of pro-democracy protests that forced the government into a humiliating climbdown. 79. Trade unions, for their part, are determined to force the government to a complete U-turn. 80. The government was forced to double interest rates but still investors fled the market for other opportunities abroad. |
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