As the boom turned to bust, the losses threatened to overwhelm the capacity of the Spanish state, and the problem became European, because it threatened the very survival of the euro.

Haiti's main aid donors threatened to cut off aid.

Unfortunately, violent conflicts emerged, threatening the lives of thousands of innocent people, as well as security, in many parts of the world, in particular in Europe and Africa.

Mr. Paltiel has received death threats by neo Nazi groups in the past.

In recent months, the most powerful clan, led by Deputy Head of Kremlin Administration Igor Sechin, whose company, Rosneft, received the biggest chunk of Yukos in 2004, has threatened to engulf the others.

In Spain, for example, local savings banks (cajas) financed an outsize real estate boom. As the boom turned to bust, the losses threatened to overwhelm the capacity of the Spanish state, and the problem became European, because it threatened the very survival of the euro.

I was sitting next to the engine, the lowest part, nearest to the water.

I sat down next to her.

The convoys even threatened Bamako, the capital, composed mostly of black Africans.

In the 1950s, the United States threatened to use nuclear weapons against the PRC if it attacked the island.

Lashkar e Taiba (LET), who rose to greater prominence after the Mumbai attack, immediately threatened that there would be more attacks.

Such fears were bolstered by opposition from the Church in Europe to American independence, threatening a revival of Pope Day.

I live near here.

The bookstore is near the park.

Teachers were around.

Two went off near government offices and a fourth exploded near the home of a local state television executive.

So if you threaten to use it, people are going to comply with it, but it's also going to be something that doesn't leave any lasting effects.

Farming organizations threaten to withhold support for the Treaty unless the government threatens to veto Mandelson s proposals.

They have involved huge financial risks for eurozone members. They have fueled tensions among member states.

My sister lives near Yokohama.

Does he live near here?

Is your car next to her house?

There is a hospital nearby.

There is a church near my house.

They prefer to stay near water.

It is one of the Seven Summits.

The tail of the pancreas, located anatomically left near the hilum of the spleen, is not simply an anatomical distinction.

Nationalism became lethal when the economy crashed, and social unrest threatened to upset the political order.

Consider what happens when banks in Texas, Florida, or California make bad lending decisions that threaten their survival.

Mr Johnson's house is next to my house.

Is there a cash machine near here?

That tree grows next to her house.

Fadil waited nearby.

They might be nearer we don't know

Protest near Hyderabad Bypass.

Nearby is the bus station for long distance buses.

It is near the site of Tel Kabri.

But if Chinese made products threaten their health and safety, there are sure to be opportunistic lawmakers ready to fan the flames.

North Korea, no surprise, wailed and blustered against the war games, even threatening a physical response.

China complained loudly, refused to allow Liu to collect the prize, and even threatened Norway with financial repercussions.

But all of this can change rapidly when a crisis looms, especially if it threatens the integrity of the European project.

He knew that darkly pigmented peoples were found close to the equator lightly pigmented peoples, like himself, were found closer to the poles.

In Poland last autumn, younger voters helped to replace a government whose incipient authoritarianism and xenophobic attitudes threatened to isolate their country.

In August 1982, Mexico threatened to default, and was quickly followed by other large borrowers, notably Argentina and Brazil.

My house is close to a bus stop.