1.   But efforts to coordinate the multinational effort have been beset by difficulties.

2.   Foster said the airline business in the Philippines remains viable despite financial difficulties besetting PAL and other local carriers.

3.   The Americans, who are trying to transport an armored division from Germany, have been particularly beset by difficulties.

4.   The opening of the trial -- the first since the civil war -- was beset by difficulties.

5.   But as more and more difficulties have beset the Gaza authorities so the press has been increasingly targeted.