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These mountainous areas are extremely challenging to reach even in the best of times, which is hampering rescue and relief operations.

That threat is hampering the paper’s ability to cover campus demonstrations and to get protesters to speak on the record, according to a lawsuit filed on Wednesday in the U.S.

But shortly after its release his record label Bronze Records collapsed, hampering the album's distribution.

He said the extra money being put into the NHS in the coming years would help, but "serious underinvestment" in infrastructure like operating theatres over the years is hampering efforts.

More sirens later in the morning disrupted rescue operations in the city, hampering emergency workers searching the rubble for survivors.