Some countries , particularly the embattled economies on the periphery of the euro zone , have no choice . They have lost the confidence of financial markets and are being pushed by their rescuers to slash deficits .
The possibility that gaddafi remains in his huge bab al-aziziya compound was supported by an unnamed diplomat who , quoted by afp , said the embattled leader was still in the city and could be in the rabbit warren of tunnels and rooms that has been the target of repeated nato airstrikes .
Stock prices jumped : those of embattled french banks soared by almost 20 % in just two days .
股票价格上涨:严阵以待的法国银行在短短的两天时间里邹然飙升20%!
The site looks scruffier than it did four years ago , when this correspondent last visited it . Litter drifts around empty pitches , wasps hover near overflowing bins and dogs bark outside each embattled caravan .
Such violence can only mean that yemen 's embattled president , ali abdullah saleh , is losing his already long-tenuous grip on power as more people throughout the country join the calls for his ouster .