The harsh reality thrown into stark relief by the Japanese disaster is that we do not yet have the luxury of dumping coal, gas, and nuclear power.

Libya s civil war placed the vulnerability of migrants in stark relief, with hundreds of thousands caught in the crossfire.

In stark terms, they brought the realities of the problems of the world into this historic Hall.

The statistics are stark.

The choice is stark.

Its dilemma is stark.

The electoral math is stark.

The possible conclusions are stark.

The political differences are too stark.

The dismantling of the Berlin Wall that stark, concrete symbol of a world divided into hostile camps is such a defining moment.

Ethiopia and Yemen are equally stark examples.

These average rates mask stark differences between countries.

The importance of fisheries to many local communities in developing States was brought into stark focus by the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in December 2004.

I traveled with a university team into the same mountains for similar relief work.

The timely relief of this burden could save those countries from declining into economic chaos.

The simple fact is that humanity faces a stark choice.

This is in stark contrast to the Italian political tradition.

The resolution reflects the stark reality that Serbia now faces.

The contrast with matters of peace and security is stark.

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Disparities in enrolment between urban and rural areas remain stark.

The erosion in public support for Bush s Iraq policy is stark.

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There is a stark contrast between northern Somalia and southern Somalia.

German inflation worries have pushed the government into a much harsher stance on debt relief in Europe.

But the issue of justice for the crimes of 1971 has brought the divide into sharp relief.

The stark truth is that India has no choice in the matter.

The inconsistencies between climate goals and energy policies are becoming increasingly stark.

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It is a simple message. Emergency relief must be built into national programmes of preparedness and risk reduction.

This gave the public a stark sense of what Taliban justice really meant.

That means building development components into our relief efforts, so that they may effectively put an end to dependency.

Relief

The choice in Copenhagen will be stark, and the stakes could not be higher.

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In stark contrast to the way that former Soviet bloc countries have been drawn into the European economy, Arab countries have received little help from the EU, despite the huge challenges they face.

Indeed, a strange sense of relief is now creeping into Americans consciousness as the consumer economy grinds to a halt.

That stark message was echoed by the Millennium Project, which declared that integrating the principles and practices of environmental sustainability into country policies and planning programmes is therefore key to successful poverty reduction strategies.

Even for those benefiting from the HIPC Initiative, the economic conditions on which their debt relief was based have considerably worsened, and several countries, including those few that received debt relief, have backtracked into further unsustainable debt.