11.   The Bush administration has indicated its willingness to slightly revise sanctions to alleviate hardships on ordinary Iraqis.

12.   The opposition will demand a bigger role for the state, seeking to alleviate the hardship of reform for the poor.

13.   Washington has indicated a willingness to slightly revise sanctions to alleviate hardships on ordinary Iraqis.

14.   We will continue to work, together with the international financial institutions, to support reform and alleviate hardship.

15.   Hundreds of Gaza taxi drivers staged a one-day strike on Wednesday demanding a better deal from the Palestinian Authority to alleviate hardship.

16.   In a bid to alleviate the hardship in Iraq, the United States recently backed a UN plan to allow Iraq to sell oil to purchase food and medicine.

17.   The UN secretary-general has also expressed concern about the plight of the displaced civilians and called for urgent action to alleviate their hardship.

18.   The meeting also highlighted a renewed commitment to social development to alleviate hardships felt by the poor whose countries follow Bank-IMF guidelines and slash budgets.