Syria is under constant threat, though the suffering of its population no longer makes the news.

The Government of Rwanda has given its assurance that Mutebutsi and his men will not be allowed to threaten the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

She said that she, like many other Georgians, feels existentially threatened by growing Arab, Iranian and Turkish presence in the neighborhood and, more broadly, in Georgia.

Saddam Hussein s Iraq was in no position to threaten anyone, let alone the United States.

After 17 days in prison, three people were accused of threatening a press officer for a fashion store by hindering her from driving away.

Whipping the votes involved current pressures, blackmail and major security threats to parliamentarians who were determined to reject the vote, a parliamentary source told Mada Masr, on the condition of anonymity.

Various Iranian spokesmen have begun threatening Israel not only with a massive response to any potential attack, but also with a preemptive strike.

The Stand Your Ground law does not stipulate that If you feel threatened by a young black youth, you respond with a shotgun .

A courageous Western leader might confront Myanmar s leaders with a threat that would really frighten them deeper engagement.

But, for a country that has had little faith in deterrence when it comes to existential nuclear threats, relying on it now would mark a new, uncomfortable bet.

Both the European Union and the United States immediately reacted by threatening the ruling junta with a total cut off of aid unless constitutional rule and elections were restored.

All of the security services denied having received information of a threat or a possible threat to Mr. Hariri, Mr. Jumblatt or any members of their families.

The problem exists in all countries affected by the threat of terrorism, though in many it has not become quite as specific.

After the situation escalated threatening the striking employees to leave without getting their financial rights from the new administration, things turned to another direction in what seems like the beginning of a victory for the employees.

How did reasonable economic policies prevail in this crisis? The key factor is that, for the first time since Putin came to power, the Kremlin perceives a genuine threat.

Writing in The Financial Times in early November, Ryan suggested, America is eager for an adult conversation on the threat of debt.

The ban was amplified by the now infamous viral images of a police officer forcing a woman on a beach in Nice, France to remove part of her burkini.

Last year, MP Tamer El Shahawy proposed an anti cyber crime bill which would prescribe a life prison sentence for those convicted of threatening public order and incitement to protest .

In that context, Anonymous launched on 21 April 2012 the operation opBahrain, threatening the Formula 1 representatives of a cyberattack in case they go on with Bahrain Grand Prix.

Among them was concern about the progress of nuclear disarmament, coupled with the threat of proliferation, the possible acquisition by terrorists of weapons of mass destruction and the all too numerous everyday tragedies of deaths caused by small arms.

But what they really do, which is very powerful, and that is what governments in the late '90s started doing if they don't like independent media companies you know, they threaten your advertisers.

Yanukovich s record of violence and disdain for democratic norms is too entrenched to think that, should he win, he will ever allow his position to be challenged again.

Two days later, the Downtown Cairo prosecutor issued an arrest warrant for the channel's news director Abdel Fattah Fayed. Fayed is being charged with threatening public peace and national security through broadcasting incendiary news.

Relations and controversies On May 8, 2011, in Belgium, at the Inc'Rock Festival, La Fouine spoke about an incident during his concert, where two young fans, thinking he had thrown plastic bottles at them with threatening words.

Once they threaten your advertisers, market forces are actually, you know, destroyed, and the advertisers do not want to come no matter how much does it make sense for them do not want to come and advertise.

Tensions were reported in the lower Gali district, when on 16 May, Abkhaz armed personnel threatened and forced the village population to pay compensation for a stolen trailer containing scrap metal.

So, threatened as the regional hegemon, Saudi Arabia has joined the reform race by announcing partial municipal elections to consultative bodies in which the royal family already appoints half the members.

Various Iranian spokesmen have begun threatening Israel not only with a massive response to any potential attack, but also with a preemptive strike. Israel would not merely be punished for any attack, they say it would be annihilated.

Iran not only threatens Israel (and the region) with its desire for a nuclear capability and its Shi a proxy militants it is also seeking to usurp the traditional role of moderate Sunni Arab regimes as the Palestinians defenders.

As the big economic and political winner of the eurozone, Germany, in particular, cannot let a serious crisis of confidence threaten the European project, because nearly two thirds of its exports go to the EU.

It is in this context that Putin has been able to use Western pressure as a tool to regain the support of many Russians, who only a few years ago would have felt detached from, if not alienated by, his government. Presented with a real or imagined threat to the fatherland, the average Russian supports the country s leaders.

Some argue that SWFs home governments and host countries have too many mutual interests including the stability of the financial system and maintaining the US dollar as the world s reserve currency to threaten global markets. That is true, on average and in normal times, but what happens if many SWFs, responding to sudden uncertainty and volatility, pull back at the same time for diplomatic or commercial reasons?

Former Prime Minister Michel Rocard did not mince words about Sarkozy s recent proposals to strip foreign born French nationals of their citizenship if convicted of threatening the life of a police officer, practicing polygamy, or female circumcision.

Bolivia s Morales also has managed to impose a similar Assembly, though with uncertain results, and Correa is wielding the threat of constitutional change against the traditional parties, the native oligarchies, and the empire the common enemies of all three presidents.

Its nuclear program is strictly in civilian hands. And its nuclear doctrine rests on deterrence, backed by a credible retaliatory threat, rather than a destabilizing first strike capacity, which India has not developed even against a superior potential adversary like China.