Gorbachev refused to sanction the use of force to put down demonstrations.

But it's going to modernize weapons we do not need and will not be gotten rid of in our lifetime, unless we get up off our ...

The case highlights the growing land disputes in the country and the use of violence by government forces to stifle dissent

The prescribed natural burn policy was still in effect, and at first no efforts were made to suppress this fire.

What we need is a concerted effort to quell that phenomenon through greater understanding and in an open, critical and transcultural dialogue among all civilizations.

However, he was ruthless in his use of paid informers, the secret police and restrictions on the freedom of the press to put down public movements for reform especially the Norwegian national independence movement.

That much was understood widely by entrenched Arab dictators, who saw to it that their intelligence and security corps extinguished any flame before it could spread.

By the summer of 1989, East Europeans were given more degrees of freedom. Gorbachev refused to sanction the use of force to put down demonstrations.

Radulova explained that people who decided to run from their villages as soon as the fires started now enjoy much better life than those who decided to stay and fight the fires

(f) Facilitate the identification of practical ways of curbing or minimizing emerging or potential tensions in specific border areas of the West African region, including through field visits and the formulation of integrated border strategies

Foxes will often agree with hedgehogs up to a point, before complicating things Yes, my colleague is right that the Saudi monarchy is vulnerable, but remember that coups are rare and that the government commands many means of squelching opposition.

The Committee expresses deep concern about numerous reports of ill treatment, use of excessive force and extrajudicial killings as well as arbitrary arrests and detentions by law enforcement officials in attempts to quell incidents of intercommunal, inter ethnic and interreligious violence.

While it is clearly simplistic to over state this factor and there must be many more drivers contributing to such a rapid political uprising, it is obviously a factor as evidenced by the Egyptian regime pulling the plug on the country's internet access to try and block the rising tide of revolt.