11.   Azerbaijan, which lost a six-year war with Armenia for control of the territory, said the election would harm efforts to work out a peaceful settlement.

12.   But officials fear that vetoing the full implementation of the customs union will harm efforts to bind Turkey closer to the West and head off Islamic fundamentalism there.

13.   Defense lawyers countered that heavy sentences would harm efforts to heal the still open wounds between Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda.

14.   Donges said Japan was a nation built on free trade, and a reversion to trade protectionism could only harm efforts to drag the Japanese economy out of recession.

15.   Further, they argue it would harm efforts to maintain the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.

16.   Further, they argued it would harm efforts to maintain the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.

17.   He said that his government remained committed to fighting drugs, adding that he thought decriminalizing marijuana would harm police efforts to tackle other drugs.

18.   It remained unclear how much further efforts at privatizing the industry would be harmed if the projects end up being canceled.

19.   Ramos said underwater disposal of waste is not practiced in the Philippines, and any such plan would harm efforts to rehabilitate the area.

20.   Russia on Thursday strongly criticized the indictment of Milosevic on charges of war crimes, saying it would harm efforts to find a political solution.