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DIPLOMATIC efforts to reinstate the IRA ceasefire have been intensified amid rising expectations of an early Anglo Irish summit.

Those concerns have intensified amid a global financial crisis, and Suntech shares have slid more than 30 percent in October alone.

With national security intensified amid the "war on terror", biometric identifiers must now be collected from all visa applicants.

Scrutiny of gambling adverts has intensified amid a succession of payouts by firms found to have failed to prevent problem gambling and money-laundering.

The reform debate has intensified amid the high-profile fraud case brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission against Goldman, a titan of Wall Street.

Scrutiny of executives and their treatment of employees has intensified amid the MeToo social media movement, which highlighted instances of sexual harassment in the workplace.