But this is the most painful way out, and it generates intense social and political instability.

The price of Nigerian crude is rising, a sure sign that the world sees instability ahead.

That may prevent the world economy from falling into recession.

As a result, the slide was halted, and the rebound was faster than forecasters expected.

Hundreds of millions of Chinese have been lifted out of poverty.

Blah is how big human beings torture little human beings. If you are a little human being you must report them to the United Nations which has fists bigger than your father's. Television really tortures little humans.

And Japan is already slipping back into recession because of the earthquake.

Is the world economy on the brink of recession?

Even those fortunate not to fall into the trap of America s vast prison system often end up unemployed and even unemployable, without the skills needed to obtain and keep a decent job.

Many Africans will fall back into desperate poverty.

But even this is almost surely better than a depression.

Skates now cut into the ice instead of gliding on top of it.

the poorest nations can grow out of poverty through trade

Every swastika, every raised fist, served as a warning and an assault on democracy.

The question is how to keep surveillance off the slippery slope to unaccountable snooping.

Then it was American troops and arms that liberated Western Europe from Nazism.

His administration is trapped more and more in the paralyzing grip of special interest groups.

Under Khrushchev, however, Solzhenitsyn s work was used to liberate the country from the grip of Stalinism.

The bubble has now burst, and these economies are heading into a steep recession.

On the verge of civil war, Iraq just announced a restructuring of its foreign debt.

Modi is of course well aware that the past retains a powerful hold over India s present.

To modernize Russia, one must break the stranglehold of corruption, establish accountability, and free the media.

By the time the English Civil War broke out in November 1642, the Tower of London was already in Parliament's control.

Circuit breakers are in place nowadays to prevent a 1929 style slide into disaster.

With American influence at low ebb, the world is in danger of sliding into a vicious cycle of escalating violence.

Assistance in economic, humanitarian or other fields may be provided at the request of a country to avoid slipping towards conflict.

Noting with concern that many alleged perpetrators of genocide continue to elude justice,

The teacher was about to finish the useless discussion when his face was hit by a blow from a pupil's fist.

Should Mousavi persuade Khamenei to reconsider his position, the Supreme Leader s hold on power will be shaken.

Part of the promise we see in the Arab Spring is the liberation of the media from the dictator s grasp.

Pakistani liberals may be right that their country is invulnerable to an Islamist power grab.

With the fall of Calais to the French, in 1558, the staple moved again to Bruges.

First, using fossil fuels remains the only way out of poverty for developing countries.

Indeed, such structural changes would weaken the elite s grip on political and economic power.

This is in response to the need for an overview of the situation to improve the authorities' grip on the problem of prostitution.

A military elite favors step by step reform, but wants to protect its position and is determined to avoid a descent into chaos.

Cyrenaica is Qaddafi free, Tripolitania is not, and Fezzan did not fully join the revolution.

The Saudi led (and US backed) coalition is trying to break the rebels' hold on Sanaa and restore the exiled Yemeni president, whom the rebels displaced.

Many blame the NDP monopoly and firm grasp of the political system for losing the people's confidence in any real change.

For, although the surge was important, two other factors played a critical role in bringing Iraq back from the brink.

Africa is ready to break out of poverty if the US and other rich countries help.

Moreover, if peace prevents a slide into war, Hezbollah has another problem.

The word lava comes from Italian, and is probably derived from the Latin word labes which means a fall or slide.

In my statement to the Council on the November report, I spoke about the risk of sliding back into lawlessness and anarchy.

Yet migration is the original strategyfor people seeking to escape poverty, mitigate risk, and build a better life.