Narrator We are in the middle of a tremendous clash between the old and the new.

In the process, both countries have suffered grievously.

This post is part of our special coverage of Egypt Protests 2011.

Yet the country is in the throes of an ugly moral crisis.

The Chinese economy still roared ahead in the midst of a worldwide recession.

Yet Turkey has made remarkable strides in the midst of regional upheavals.

Amidst so much uncertainty, anything is possible.

But it is one thing to be circumspect in the midst of a crisis it is quite another to spew nonsense.

Sometimes, in the middle of a resistant problem, I write down things that I know about it.

The oil company BP is discovering that right now.

In 1956, the UK was facing a speculative attack in the midst of the Suez crisis.

It was founded in Ankara on 23 April 1920 in the midst of the Turkish War of Independence.

It's full of all kinds of gyroscopes and pulleys and gadgets and ball bearings, and they don't work as well as they ought to in the heat of battle.

Mikhail Gorbachev could only have done what he did amidst a crisis of confidence.

The problem is that the permits market price has plummeted in the midst of Europe s economic slowdown.

In his zeal to promote the power of markets, he drew too sharp a distinction between the market and the state.

The challenge nowadays is to maintain that sense of intense solidarity amid diversifying populations.

The United States is in the process of choosing who will lead it for the next four years.

In the heat of the battle against financial panic, policy attention turned away from that green recovery.

We are in the middle of a social and demographic shift that will both destroy and create consumer markets.

Fourth day in Syria In the middle of the war we began to paint our mural in the center of the capital of the country.

After the Algerian war, at the heart of the international resistance movements, his name circulated and the whole world came knocking at his door.

Enthralled by promises of material well being and security, they had exaggerated expectations of romantic wedded bliss.

As President Bush said, in the midst of this tragedy we have also witnessed one of the greatest displays of compassion.

In the current crisis, China, India, and certain other emerging market countries are coping fairly well.

In the ensuing chaos, more than 50,000 refugees died from cholera.

But America, in its global war on terror, has justifiably lost interest in bearing Asia's many military burdens alone.

Naturally, much will depend on how he fares politically in the current turmoil surrounding the bailout package.

This led to civil war, and an anarchist movement called the Black Army led by Nestor Makhno, developed in Southern Ukraine during that war.

a glimmer of hope appeared with Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.

And I've discovered that when you're inside oldness, as opposed to looking at it from the outside, fear subsides.

In Ireland, our attorney general advised on the need to hold a referendum on the fiscal treaty, and we are now in the midst of the campaign.

Declaration of independence After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Georgia declared independence on 26 May 1918, in the midst of the Russian Civil War.

However, human zoos would become common only in the 1870s in the midst of the New Imperialism period.

I d like to dedicate this one to all the women in South Africa those women who refused to dwindle in the midst of apartheid.

Faced with the loss of the nation s central idea and desperately in search of a new one, millions of Argentines have become interested in their history.

Throughout these troubles, China has held its tongue, sticking to its policy of non interference in the internal affairs of any nation.

These negotiations might address many of the issues set aside in the rush to conclude the New START Treaty.

All but lost in the controversies surrounding Iraq and Iran is a major initiative involving a third I country India.

Despite providing 20 billion to Pakistan in counterterrorism aid since 9 11, the US has received grudging assistance, at best, and duplicitous cooperation, at worst.

In the contest for this global market, Europe cannot compete on price alone.

Something that encourages us a lot and gives us the energy to continue painting in the midst of all the risks we run and all the difficulty we face to be here.

Jobs unveiled the iPhone to the public on January 9, 2007, at the Macworld 2007 convention at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

In the midst of the daunting challenges we face as a global community, there's something about this third way raga that is making my heart sing.

But the last thing Africa needs is to be a battleground in an economic and political war.