1.   But his overture was all but lost in the face of his deepening political troubles at home and evidence of mounting impatience in Beijing.

2.   Is it coincidental that soon thereafter speculation started to mount that the Castro regime was in deepening trouble?

3.   Peru stocks fell for a seventh day on concern that deepening troubles in Asia will curb company earnings among Peruvian companies.

4.   Russia, in deepening financial trouble, tripled its overnight lending rate in hope of restoring lost confidence in the ruble and stemming the outflow of capital.

5.   Bomb blasts and other forms of violence have intermittently erupted in the Iranian capital over the past year, amid deepening economic troubles and social unrest.

6.   Bomb blasts and other forms of violence have occasionally shaken the Iranian capital in the past year, amid deepening economic troubles and social unrest.

7.   Deepening economic troubles have also made many Russians increasingly bitter about the loss of super-power status and resentful of U.S. influence in the world.

8.   Deepening economic troubles have made many Russians bitter about foreign investment, particularly by Americans.

9.   Sinn Fein negotiators, who spent the longest time with Blair Wednesday night, said the prime minister was to blame for the deepening troubles.

10.   The deepening troubles has sent the lira into a dive.