1.   But the effort failed, and some meetings were so heated that participants ended up shouting, in another reflection of the deteriorating political climate here.

2.   In an interview with the BBC, Tutu expressed concern about the deteriorating political climate in Zimbabwe.

3.   Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain had already called him to discuss the deteriorating political climate.

4.   The countries are already experiencing a decline in tourism and a weakening of local currencies that many attribute to the deteriorating political climate in Zimbabwe.

5.   Phnom Penh, already jittery over a deteriorating political climate, braced for a security crackdown.

6.   A brother-in-law of Second Premier Hun Sen was shot and killed Tuesday in a possible political assassination as he left a restaurant, worsening an already deteriorating political climate.

7.   The call was the latest indication of a deteriorating political climate in the Indian Ocean archipelago, where two parties which formerly supported Taki have gone into opposition.

8.   The measures announced Thursday, follow a series of protest strikes by staff at several schools across France over the deteriorating climate in schools.