America is vulnerable to social breakdown because it is a highly diverse society.

The ceasefire agreement of 3 May 2003 has remained shaky.

The United Nations envoy, Jan Kubis, has also dismissed predictions that Afghanistan is heading for collapse after 2014.

The main justification for a monetary union cannot be the possibly disastrous consequences of its falling apart.

So it is all the more worrisome that democratization there is foundering.

You design a set of rules that will make sure that the particular reason why the financial system almost collapse can't happen again.

The United Nations and the World Bank predict that the direct and indirect effects of the economic meltdown will be felt in the developing world for a long time to come.

Version 2.0 could also run DOS and Windows 3.0 programs, since IBM had retained the right to use the DOS and Windows code as a result of the breakup.

Historical efforts at monetary union have sometimes collapsed, and sometimes they have survived multiple crises.

To be sure, Iran s alliances are vulnerable to erosion and, in the case of two staunch allies, Syria and Venezuela, to outright collapse.

If it fails to live up to the responsibilities of leadership, the global currency system is liable to break down and take the world economy with it.

Growth driven by high commodity prices is also susceptible to busts, for similar reasons. Commodity prices tend to move in cycles.

By contrast, a gap between supply and demand when the corresponding excess demand is for financial assets is a recipe for economic meltdown.

Financial markets, through which investment is made, were always liable to collapse when something happened to disturb business confidence.

Al_buluwi is warning countrird which are siding with Mubarak's الدول التي تقف مع نظام مبارك وهو في طريقه للانهيار سوف تجني عدواة الشعب المصري في قادم الاعوام Countries who are on Mubarak's side, while he is on its way to break down, will reap the wrath of the Egyptian people in the coming years

Partly in response to the Soviet collapse, India embraced capitalism without reservation, which has produced spectacular economic progress. And, like the economy, India s self confidence has boomed.

In fact, experience in recent decades confirms what should have been obvious from previous centuries as countries grow and accumulate savings, they become increasingly prone to financial collapse.

Residual stress is often a cause of premature failure of critical components, and was probably a factor in the collapse of the Silver Bridge in West Virginia, United States in December 1967.

NEWPORT BEACH As the fifth anniversary of the disorderly collapse of the investment bank Lehman Brothers approaches, some analysts will revisit the causes of an historic global sudden stop that resulted in enormous economic and financial disruptions.

Nova, originally by far the largest chain with over 900 branches in Japan, collapsed in October 2007, leaving thousands of foreign teachers without money or a place to live.

Historical efforts at monetary union have sometimes collapsed, and sometimes they have survived multiple crises. The future of the eurozone may be cloudy, but it will not be dull.

In the similar circumstances of a financial meltdown in 1931, there were also only a limited number of governments that could be effective. The old economic superpower, Britain, was too exhausted and strained to help anyone else. World s reserves were massively accumulated in the US.

To be sure, Iran s alliances are vulnerable to erosion and, in the case of two staunch allies, Syria and Venezuela, to outright collapse. The end of Chavismo would threaten Iran s vast interests in Venezuela and its considerable presence in the Andes, while the fall of the Assad dynasty would be a devastating blow to Iran s regional strategy.

Higher leverage allows bankers to earn more money, but it can easily become excessive for shareholders because it makes the banks more vulnerable to collapse and it is terrible for taxpayers and all citizens, as they face massive downside costs.

This was followed the next day by a further 1.9 decline, and then, over succeeding months, by a series of sharp one day drops that were precursors to the 22.6 collapse on October 19, 1987 the largest ever one day correction.