It also brought both countries to the brink of economic disaster.

Guinea, with a nasty military junta in power, is on the brink of disaster.

Likewise, in the fall of 2008, the threat of financial Armageddon brought not just Germany but the whole world to the brink of disaster.

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Once the extent of Greece s financial crisis and the difficulties encountered by other member states became known, the eurozone economies found themselves on the brink of disaster.

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While the Group of Eight committed itself to cancelling all debts of eligible heavily indebted poor countries, countries that are euphemistically described as middle income countries teeter on the brink of disaster as they struggle with unsustainable debts.

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Some large EU countries are on the brink of recession.

On previous occasions, whenever the financial system came to the brink of a breakdown, the authorities got their act together and pulled it back from the brink.

History In 1961, India was on the brink of mass famine.

BERKELEY Last December, with Europe s financial system on the brink of disaster, the European Central Bank stunned the markets with an unprecedented intervention, offering banks across the eurozone essentially unlimited liquidity against any and all collateral for an exceptional period of three years.

For countries on the brink, a merciless logic follows.

The world seemed to be teetering on the brink of nuclear catastrophe.

We could be on the brink of losing this huge humanitarian operation.

WASHINGTON, DC American foreign policy stands on the brink of substantial belt tightening.

Political commentators suggested that Ukraine was on the brink of a civil war.

We urge the Assembly to step back from the brink.

We are on the brink of a historic opportunity, and therefore of a challenge.

LONDON Syria is a living nightmare. Egypt hovers on the brink.

The worst drought in 60 years has left millions of people at the brink of starvation.

I have come to the brink of utter ruin, in the midst of the gathered assembly.

And now, AP reports that the Gaza phone network is on the brink of collapse.

First, the tsunami disaster illustrated the lack of a systematic disaster management framework, including disaster mitigation measures, in many countries.

Other states in the region have been teetering on the brink of failure from the outset.

Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood on the brink of the river

The problem with brinkmanship is that, sometimes, one does go over the brink.

This is the largest metropolitan area disaster in decades, and it was not a natural disaster it was a disaster of engineering.

Rather, the banking system is at the brink of insolvency, with a permanent loss in equity capital.

The financial sector and its free market ideology had brought the world to the brink of ruin.

And animals, almost on the brink of extinction, can be given a second chance. That's my next book.

In Finland, the anti European True Finns party has shot up from nowhere to the brink of power.

The most recent Greek rescue, put in place barely six weeks ago, is on the brink of collapse.

Finally, long term mismanagement and international sanctions have pushed the North Korean economy to the brink of collapse.

Relevant United Nations organizations and donor Governments should strengthen the capacity of disaster prone countries in disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and post disaster recovery within a disaster risk reduction framework, by supporting relevant initiatives in this field.

Ironically, it is the German government s loose talk that has brought Europe to the brink of another debt crisis.

Niger is on the brink of what will be a major catastrophe if the world does not act now.

Disaster beckoned.

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