Financial crises almost always occur around the time of elections.

The number of candidates is certain to increase as the elections near.

As Sudan s referendum approaches, the world holds its breath.

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FLORENCE As the Cancún climate change summit approaches, discussions about the viability of carbon trading systems is intensifying.

As parliamentary and presidential elections loom, everyone wants to figure out just what he is up to.

But, with Congressional elections in 2006 and a presidential election in 2008, five years is too long.

With a looming election in Germany, few wish to undermine Chancellor Angela Merkel s likely victory.

Concerned that cutting spending might lose him votes, Berlusconi is proposing a tax cut of less that 0.3 of GDP and one that is partly to be financed by other levies.

As the time approaches for the Egyptian presidential election, there have been calls not only in Egypt but also around the Arab world for televised presidential debates.

HONG KONG Joseph Yam, the head of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and a career civil servant, is retiring.

FLORENCE As the Cancún climate change summit approaches, discussions about the viability of carbon trading systems is intensifying. The world can look to Europe as a model that is not only up and running, but that works.

And, with elections to the State Duma due in December 2011, followed by the presidential election in March 2012, officials are particularly concerned by an upsurge of civic activism.

We have observed that public discussions on the Draft Constitution and on the Referendum are unusually muted, even though day of the Referendum is rapidly approaching.

This situation might well get worse in the run up to the elections.

The outgoing Fradkov, surprisingly, put the matter best when he explained why he had resigned with elections approaching, Putin needed a free hand.

Little wonder that, with mid term congressional elections coming in November, Americans are angrily asking why the government s hyper aggressive stimulus policies have not turned things around.

As the Beijing Olympics approach, what the Chinese seem to want most that the Games herald China s return as a leader among nations appears close to slipping from their grasp.

As expansion of the EU approaches, many Europeans see in it only things to be feared masses of economic migrants, and poor countries demanding subsidies.

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But, taken together, these cancellations make clear that even a US administration that wants to engage more with Asia may still find itself preoccupied with domestic priorities, especially this year, as mid term elections approach.

In 1984, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, said of the impending handover of Hong Kong, The eyes of the world are on us.

It is a democracy, not a one voice nation, and, with a general election due in February, debate is continuing both within the government and beyond it.

State sponsored violence against the MDC and its supporters has escalated as the June 27 run off vote draws near. Just weeks ago, Biti described the discovery of the mutilated body of Tonderai Ndira, an MDC youth leader. Ndira had been taken by the police from his home.

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Jamal has an appointment with the college principal.

Jamal has an appointment with the college principal.

Jamal has an appointment with the college principal.

Sami has a doctor's appointment today.

As we head into the global summit in Copenhagen in December to negotiate a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, the US is once again the focus of concern.

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As we approach the High level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly, it is clear that no issue has gathered a magnitude of interest like the question of terrorism and its repercussions on international peace and security.

As the Beijing Olympics approach, what the Chinese seem to want most that the Games herald China s return as a leader among nations appears close to slipping from their grasp. If things go wrong, China could move to embrace isolation.

PARIS As France s presidential election looms, the country is approaching a breaking point.

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Sami was out of town at a doctor's appointment.

Chillingly it seemed to get louder and louder, as if they were edging nearer and nearer.

The Court must have a solid financial basis as its business came to a close over the following year.

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But, with Congressional elections in 2006 and a presidential election in 2008, five years is too long. It seems more realistic that the Republican administration will have only 18 months to two years to implement its strategy.

And even if this immediate hurdle is overcome, the US will still have only limited time to get its fiscal house in order. Financial crises almost always occur around the time of elections.

China, with the Olympics looming, is unlikely to initiate a clash, and India has no desire to provoke its neighbor, which humiliated it in a brutal border war in 1962 that left China in possession of 23,200 square kilometers of Indian territory.

Ramallah As the summit between US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approaches, most of the discussion has focused on whether or not the newly elected Israeli leader will finally say that he backs a two state solution.