In the country, the news also brought good humour, as shown by a collection of illustrations in Humor Político (Political Humour) blog.

There has been plenty of humour and satire.

Despite the stressful situation, Moussa maintains her humour

And Imad Khadduri posts a picture of some typical black humour

Great Bong, with trademark humour and sarcasm dripping from his post, comments

The blog Carbon Fixated, dedicated to photosynthesis and climate change, dismissed the plot with humour.

It became a sharp ethical difference, which could no longer be bridged with humour or even sarcasm.

Even though the majority of the population now lives in cities, much of New Zealand's art, literature, film and humour has rural themes.

First on my discovery list was Denise Bombardier, a journalist, novelist, essayist and media personality from Quebec, well known for her outstanding reporting and often scathing sense of humour.

It is no less an honour for me to succeed President Jean Ping, who has carried a heavy burden of responsibility with grace, warmth and humour over the past year.

lack of a partner, or lack of willingness from partner.

Much of the humour in the initial Asterix books was French specific, which delayed the translation of the books into other languages for fear of losing the jokes and the spirit of the story.

Lack of access to information, lack of protection and lack of legal aid are other factors that aggravate violence against women.

141 cases were closed due to lack of evidence, Budgetary Principles Law lack of public interest, lack of any wrongdoing or unknown offender.

But the problem was a lack of resources, not a lack of willingness.

Other limitations included unsuitability of methods and tools, lack of national capacity, lack of data, lack of financial resources and lack of appropriate institutional frameworks which contributed to the difficulties in applying the IPCC Guidelines.

Lack of teachers.

The problem is the lack of trust, the lack of confidence, the lack of partnership between NGOs, campaign groups, civil society organizations and multinational companies.

What is often presumed to indicate lack of commitment happens to be lack of capacity.

Lack of motion detection.

Barriers lack of resources

We are hampered by a lack of access to financial and technical assistance, a lack of human and infrastructural capacity and, unfortunately, a lack of attention and coordination.

Some of the main challenges faced in the areas of employment and economic growth in Afghanistan are the lack of entrepreneurial skills, knowledge and technology, lack of an enabling environment, lack of support services and lack of access to capital and financial services.

Lack of institutional structure and lack of capacity are obstacles to intra African FDI and portfolio investment.

Lack of awareness of women's rights.

We only ranked high when it comes to poverty, corruption, lack of freedom of speech, lack of political activism.

Lack of transparency got the US financial system into this trouble. Lack of transparency will not get it out.

However, many of those commitments remain elusive owing to lack of capacity and tools, and even lack of agreement on future steps, which could appear as lack of international resolve to move forward decisively.

The first is lack of financing.

Lack of will from European authorities

Impunity and lack of government action

Lack of information on market opportunities.

Lack of public recognition of that situation

The Committee recommends that the State party consider whether the lack of formal complaints may be the result of the victims' lack of awareness of their rights, lack of confidence in the police and judicial authorities, or the authorities' lack of attention, sensitivity, or commitment to cases of racial discrimination.

The Committee recommends that the State party consider whether the lack of formal complaints may be the result of the victims' lack of awareness of their rights, lack of confidence in the police and judicial authorities, or the authorities' lack of attention, sensitivity, or commitment to cases of racial discrimination.

Where difficulties with implementation exist, they have more to do with the lack of capacity than the lack of will.

An apparent lack of capacity may conceal a lack of will, and the Committee may wish to probe this further.

Regardless of whether that was the result of a lack of knowledge or a lack of will, events have proven us right.

Egyptian Legal System (and lack of it)

He failed, due to lack of money.

Lack of resources is no excuse, either.

There is a lack of self examination.

This isn t for lack of structural reforms.

This lack of transparency is not surprising.

Low social status and lack of power