He is preparing for the test.

The world is poised to act.

An Afghan child seems ready to be on camera.

The American economy is coiled like a spring and ready to go, he chirped in 2003.

That servant, who knew his lord's will, and didn't prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,

And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

Uganda's leader, Yoweri Museveni, is vehemently opposed to homosexuality. So is Zimbabwe's embattled Robert Mugabe.

Even more specifically, the Netherlands is the only country in the world actively preparing for a sea level rise.

The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) appears poised to challenge the result of the referendum.

Morell, who is preparing to step down from the CIA soon, has little reason to dissemble.

Like many in his line of business, he is packing up.

None of these institutions in the West is ready for Asia s re emergence.

The trip takes on additional meaning as the European Parliament prepares for elections on May 20.

COPENHAGEN As Barack Obama prepares for his inauguration, it is worth contemplating a passage from his book Dreams from My Father .

So the Kremlin is preparing to mark the event on a scale that Russia has never seen before.

Russian officials at the Communications Ministry are preparing the groundwork for a Russian Internet that would be fully controlled by the state.

As Obama prepares to enter the White House, we are confident that he will consider the constructive role America can play in the search for peace and security.

Paulson, the outgoing Treasury Secretary and another Goldman Sachs veteran, left a loophole in his rescue package big enough for a truck to drive through.

He unexpectedly died with only 56 years of age, while preparing to continue his coaching career in Germany.

A similar lockup is done in the United States when the Federal Reserve Board is preparing to adjust an interest rate.

As the gunner fires the first missile, another man is seen walking along the street in front of the building.

Today, it is almost becoming a new global norm that neither the international committee nor the US is prepared for.

Yet the country that the PRI is now poised to govern again has changed, slowly but surely.

Ramadan is knocking on the doors, and all are getting ready.. each in his own way.. Government is making sure that all kinds of food are available..

But, as Bangalore s citizens prepare to go to the polls in state elections, their concerns are not merely economic.

Hezbollah is preparing intensively for such scenarios, building defenses, digging tunnels, and assembling a powerful missile arsenal.

Some are getting ready to celebrate the 28th of November while for others, this date revives the pains of a mourning which has not been completed.

Just days before the world celebrated International Women's Day last week, Valentina Tereshkova the first woman to enter space celebrated her 75th birthday.

Now the EU is preparing to increase dairy quotas progressively, and evaluating the impact on world markets of its decisions regarding bio fuels.

Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo appears poised to try to amend the country s constitution to allow himself a chance at a third term.

But, as European leaders prepare to meet their Balkan counterparts in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, things have begun to look a lot less certain.

Given that the Mozambican society is currently changing, there are new challenges for which both men and women are not prepared yet.

Institutions are legitimized in part by their effectiveness, and the EU must recover its authority to defend common interests and harmonize them with national concerns.

To be sure, their mood may soon turn brighter Chancellor Schröder is also preparing for re election.

The Government is convinced that as the world prepares to commemorate the genocide of 1994 for the eleventh year, Rwandans deserve to have the threat of genocide removed from them once and for all.

Both sides are trading minor blows as they prepare for a major round of fighting in Aleppo, Syria s largest city, now held by the opposition.

So is Zimbabwe's embattled Robert Mugabe. Namibia's President Sam Nujoma complains that the West wants to impose its decadent sexual values on Africa through the guise of gay tolerance.

COPENHAGEN As Barack Obama prepares for his inauguration, it is worth contemplating a passage from his book Dreams from My Father . It reveals a lot about the way we view the world s problems.

ISTANBUL As Lebanon braces for the possible indictment of Hezbollah operatives for the murder of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the country s economy is wobbling.

He happened to be in Ethiopia when the King of Axum was preparing a 522 or 525 AD military expedition to attack Jewish Arabs in Yemen.

That seems to be the case in Ukraine today, as its people prepare to vote for a new parliament little more than a year after their successful Orange Revolution.

But, while bank profitability and bonuses have returned, lending has not recovered, despite record low long and short term interest rates.

The war against terrorism could not be won, however, unless the international community was willing to identify and deal with the underlying causes of the phenomenon.

NEW DELHI As the West begins to gear up for the centenary of the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the Middle East is being convulsed as never before by the legacy of the Ottoman Empire s breakup.

Although the Afghan army has performed surprisingly well this year as it has prepared to assume full responsibility for the country s security, governments in the region remain deeply skeptical of its ability to resist a resurgent Taliban without the strong support that the US has provided.