Damn, even the birds cry ominously.

More ominously, the Chinese arrested four employees of Fujita, a Japanese construction company, on suspicion of espionage.

More ominously, the willingness of foreign central banks to lend to the US also looks likely to end.

More ominously, it looked for a while like the Norwegian Nobel committee itself might bow to Beijing, too.

Both the practical integration of FARDC and the process of Congolese disarmament, demobilization and reintegration are ominously slow.

India apos s massive forces, the third largest in the world, are overwhelmingly and ominously deployed against Pakistan.

Ominously, however, during the past two decades of slow growth, the share of inherited wealth has rebounded to about 12 of France s economy.

Most ominously, the window of opportunity for a two state solution could close for good, because realities on the ground will no longer allow it.

More ominously, crime is on the rise and a breakdown in state controlled health care is fueling the spread of various types of infectious disease.

The next moment Putin balks at removing Russia s military garrison from Moldova s secessionist Transdniester region while prosecutors talk ominously of putting more oligarchs in the dock.

Ominously, however, ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as piloted aircraft capable of delivering these weapons, were used, and the potential for escalation was ever present.

The most recent developments seem to point ominously in the direction of an escalation rather than a deceleration of violence as we move towards the elections.

For some time now the world has been living in the shadow of events that ominously remind us of the darkest periods in the history of mankind.

Within just 50 years that's one hundredth of one millionth of the Earth's age the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere started to rise, and ominously fast.

Within just 50 years that's one hundredth of one millionth of the Earth's age the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere started to rise, and ominously fast.

Moreover, there is increasing concern over non compliance and the associated risks of proliferation to worrisome states, particularly in Asia, and, even more ominously, into the hands of private individuals and terrorist organizations.

More ominously, monetization of these fiscal deficits is becoming a pattern in many advanced economies, as central banks have started to swell the monetary base via massive purchases of short and long term government paper.

Desertification, which already affects one sixth of the world apos s population and one fourth of the total land area of the earth, continues to claim vast areas as it creeps ominously across vulnerable land degraded territories.

But, more ominously, RENAMO seems to be contriving to create a situation in which it hopes to persuade the world to accept the holding of elections before the process of demobilization and the integration of forces has begun.

More ominously, following riots the regime put 16 opposition members on trial for taking part in the demonstrations, with prosecutors indicating that some would be charged with the offense of mohareb , or making a war against God a capital crime.

The Supreme Court must uphold the ruling, but if it does, the speaker will lose his parliamentary seat. And more ominously, the case could easily snowball, leading to the dissolution of the PPP and an end to Thaksin s nascent political recovery.

But there is a general feeling that implementation has fallen short of expectations, particularly with regard to nuclear disarmament. Moreover, there is increasing concern over non compliance and the associated risks of proliferation to worrisome states, particularly in Asia, and, even more ominously, into the hands of private individuals and terrorist organizations.