Such a scenario would, of course, spell disaster for Afghanistan. But the implications would be far broader.

Germany s move toward renewable energy is likely to have a much broader positive impact.

We appreciate in particular the efforts made to disseminate the message on standards as broadly as possible among the population.

Together with the battle over the Taliban s future role in the country, the struggle for power in 2014 could reanimate divisions that take the country back to the brink of a wider civil war, with the liberal technocrats of Kabul crushed between a resurgent Northern Alliance and a wider Pashtun Pact.

The 2001 census population within the same Urban Area, had fallen to 277,391 people, with 579,554 people living in the wider Belfast Metropolitan Area.

I also believe my contribution to Global Voices has transferred my blog to a wider world and made it known by more people, which helped in it being considered for the competition.

The incursion, which lasted eight days, could have drawn the armed forces of Kurdistan into a broader regional war.

Go to Calneh, and see and from there go to Hamath the great then go down to Gath of the Philistines. are they better than these kingdoms? or is their border greater than your border?

Pass ye unto Calneh, and see and from thence go ye to Hamath the great then go down to Gath of the Philistines be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?

I suppose it is, so I won't say revolution but it certainly evolved very, very deeply our understanding of the proton, and of particles beyond that.

And one study that I found, a particularly interesting one, was actually in Queensland, because they had a trial period for the use of pepper spray before they actually introduced it more broadly.

No matter where we're from and what your narrative is, we all have a responsibility to open ourselves up to a wider array of what choice can do, and what it can represent.

But today s Chileans have a broader view of the world, are more empowered through social networks, and are using the Internet as a platform to demand greater participation in public affairs.

Unlike fins and blues, which disperse into the temperate and tropical oceans, the humpbacked whales congregate in local traditional breeding grounds, so they can make a sound that's a little higher in frequency, broader band and more complicated.

Aside from the focus on price and the need to absorb US farms excess output, school lunches reflect a broader trend toward turning food preparation into industrial production. Uniformity is prized above quality, and convenience is valued over freshness (and often over cost).

Germany s move toward renewable energy is likely to have a much broader positive impact. A six article series, The German Nuclear Exit, in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist argues that the move away from nuclear energy is already yielding measurable economic and environmental benefits.

And if you just go back to the previous image, and you look at this area of volatility and hostility, that a unifying design idea as a humanitarian gesture could have the affect of bringing all those warring factions together in a united cause, in terms of something that would be genuinely green and productive in the widest sense.