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As a result of China s hardening stance, Surin Pitsuwan, ASEAN s outgoing secretary general has said that Asia is entering its most contentious period in recent years.

This reflects a hardening of South Korean public opinion, following North Korea s nuclear test in 2006.

That perception led to the hardening of attitudes towards UNOCI among both Government and Forces nouvelles officials and their supporters.

As its power grows, China seems determined to choke off Asian competitors, a tendency reflected in its hardening stance toward India.

At the same time, it increases energy dependence and economic reliance on Russia, hardening Ukraine into a one dimensional Russia leaning foreign policy.

It is blaming itself when it adopts extraterritorial laws against Cuba hardening the blockade even more and when it applies them so brutally.

Indeed, better understanding of China s foreign policy motivations may help prevent relations between China and the United States from hardening into rigid and antagonistic postures.

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being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts

As the death toll in Syria increases, the International Community is running out of patience and hardening its tone against Syrian president Bashar Al Assad demanding for change and reforms.

But the Union could see its reputation worsen if it allows its commitment to Lebanon to become part of the emerging US strategy of isolating Iran by hardening today s regional Sunni Shia divisions.

While the communities directly affected by the report's conclusion have done their best to contain a difficult situation, national politics seem to have intruded and contributed to a hardening of positions as well as heightened tension.

PRINCETON As Egypt trembles on the brink of civil war, with alarming levels of violence and hardening divisions on all sides, it is hard to find a truly bright spot anywhere in the Middle East or North Africa.

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For I don't desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won't be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,

When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, Stretch out your hand. He stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other.

In the case of Iraq, the Transitional National Assembly has also been given the task of drafting a constitution in a security environment that remains extremely challenging and which can easily contribute to a hardening of attitudes on all sides.

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