61. European governments struggled Tuesday to convert horror at the latest bout of killing in Algeria into concrete measures to help stop the bloodletting. 62. Five months into an Irish Republican Army cease-fire, the British and Irish governments are still struggling to agree on a joint proposal for restoring self-government in Northern Ireland. 63. Half a million people in Sri Lanka fled their homes ahead of a cyclone, and the government struggled Thursday to help the stranded. 64. However, the government has struggled for several months to curb the activities of militant groups, even before terrorist strikes in the United States. 65. In a country where the government struggles to take in taxes, a gang of criminals found their own way to collect revenues. 66. Meanwhile, the government struggled to devise an economic plan that would calm a restless public and satisfy calls by the International Monetary Fund for steep cutbacks in spending. 67. Now, the cash-strapped governments are struggling to dispose of them. 68. Only a small portion of international financial aid has arrived in Serbia, whose pro-Western government is struggling to pull the country out of economic misery. 69. Since then, the military-backed government has been struggling to quash an Islamic insurgency. 70. Shut off from international borrowing, the government is struggling with a cash crunch brought on by falling tax revenue. |