Moreover, there is the real risk of proliferation, especially in the Middle East, multiplying the dangers that nuclear weapons will be used by accident or miscalculation as well as design.

The siege has isolated the Palestinian population in their towns, further compounding their socio economic hardships.

This approach has ended up exacerbating the segregation of the poor.

Urbanization also became a major concern. Urban areas grew at the expense of rural areas. Consequently slum areas and communities multiplied rapidly, which exacerbated a number of social problems.

Sharply rising income inequality has raised the stakes of the economic game.

So it should be obvious that maintaining the status quo is intolerable. Moreover, there is the real risk of proliferation, especially in the Middle East, multiplying the dangers that nuclear weapons will be used by accident or miscalculation as well as design.

That caused rising inequality between the urban privileged and the rural poor.

Poverty, cronyism, and official corruption heighten this popular frustration.

The Board notes that UNOPS has not implemented adequate controls in the absence of an audit trail and that the risk of errors and irregularities going undetected has therefore increased.

Their support has also exacerbated the level of tension between the two sides, leading to increased militarization and the threat of widespread violence in central and southern Somalia.

Fractured administrative responsibility for privatization, especially in the Federation, compounded the problem.

But the controversial legislation to outlaw Taiwanese secession has proved anything but routine. It raised the stakes for the island s pro independence camp and increased the risk of a cross Strait military conflict.

The euro s recent sharp rise has made this competitiveness problem even more severe, reducing growth further and making fiscal imbalances even larger.

Inevitably, this led to conflict, resulting in the Peloponnesian War (431 404 BC).

In sub Saharan Africa, where population growth has surpassed increases in agricultural productivity, food availability per capita has dropped, leading to rises in malnutrition and hunger.

The economy s slowdown has already exacerbated social conflict, and recent developments in Europe have added fuel to the fire.

Extreme poverty bred illiteracy and miserable governance, which in turn intensified hunger, disease, and instability.

On Friday, June 3, the police increased the pressure by announcing their intent to press criminal charges against seven protesters in Skopje, and against 26 protesters in Bitola.

As a result, they turned to land transfers and debt financing, exacerbating the problem of soft budget constraints.

The proliferation of such weapons has exacerbated conflict, caused refugee flows and spawned a culture of violence and impunity.

Influenced by a misreading of the Japanese experience, this led to excessive protection against the tail risk of deflation.

The violence resulted in the state's cracking down on the movement, a confrontation that would intensify throughout the 1980s and early 1990s.

Chapter XIII Article 13 (Economic, social and cultural rights of women).

The risk that China will experience a hard landing in the next two years may further hurt many emerging economies.

On the way to the battle, the brothers quarreled and the army split up.

The spectre of nuclear terrorism has placed a new premium on the need to strengthen the global nuclear non proliferation regime.

Further exacerbating the problem (and unlike kidney, liver, and heart transplants, where only one donor is needed for each recipient) most islet transplant patients require islets from two or more donors to achieve euglycemia.

This has prompted once more the UN institution and its affiliate, the World Heritage Committee to raise the alarm.

The question had been internationalized by the involvement of third countries, thus leading to armed confrontation.

In Spain and Ireland, a housing boom exacerbated external imbalances by reducing national saving, pumping up consumption, and boosting residential investment.

Austerity might have worsened the slump temporarily, but it did deliver fiscal sustainability without permanent damage to the economy.

Each National Health Service has different policies and priorities, resulting in contrasts.

This helped to form unions between cities, leading to regional states.

Taxes were raised again and again, and this led to the suffering of the people.

The calf s cries attracted her mother who rushed to her rescue, only to get stuck in the mud herself.

He put less enthusiasm into the work, leading to escalating arguments with Lewis.

This led to a further series of bloody clashes between Iraqi forces and Kurdish troops.

This, coupled with diminishing budgets, led to a period of reduced activity and growing materiel obsolescence.

Compounding this trend, rising powers such as China and India place great value on national sovereignty and non interference in domestic affairs.

Varying degrees of economic progress within and among nations and regions had exacerbated social exclusion and put strains on families, societies and institutions.

The current government has pursued tight fiscal policies, resulting in balanced budgets and low public debt.

The port's use and traffic declined significantly, causing a decline in the city's economy.

And in the late 17th century, a severe drought hit Habban, resulting in considerable demographic changes.

Lead levels within the blood of Americans are reported to have dropped by up to 80 by the late 1990s.

However, it has also limited the expansion of domestic demand and import growth, exacerbating rather than redressing the global imbalances.