In 2004, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia had begun coordinated naval patrols of the Straits of Malacca and the Straits of Singapore, which were important for world trade.

Haiti was in dire straits even before the earthquake struck.

Thomas Cowan (Director, Northwest Straits Commission) explained how the derelict fishing gear removal project of the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative addressed the location and removal of such gear.

Only democracy in China can bring lasting peace to the Taiwan Straits.

The town is located on straits between two parts of Lake Saimaa.

In Singapore, the Straits Times Index was down 2.3 when the market closed.

This leads to the second challenge the dire financial straits of middle income households.

The Yucatán Channel or Straits of Yucatán is a strait between Mexico and Cuba.

Singapore is separated from Indonesia by the Singapore Strait and from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor.

The same three countries, together with Thailand, were also beginning air patrols over the Straits of Malacca.

So on that basis, I would say that the Disarmament Commission is in dire straits at this point.

Chinese leaders blame Taiwanese leaders for cross straits tensions, and blame the Dalai Lama for all that ails Tibet.

In any event, the regime of individual straits and canals is usually dealt with by means of specific provisions.

The president of the Maldives conducted a mock cabinet meeting underwater recently to highlight the dire straits of these countries.

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

Northeast Asia contains the last remnants of the Cold War the divided Korean Peninsula and hostile glares across the Taiwan Straits.

During the first Taiwan Straits crisis in 1954, China began shelling the offshore islands Quemoy and Matsu, threatening to liberate Taiwan.

The presence of Spain's enemies in the Straits prompted the Spanish king Philip IV to order Gibraltar's defences to be strengthened.

But the state itself is in dire financial straits one of the cities problems is the sharp curtailment of state funds to localities.

However, after crossing the Straits of Messina, the expedition was stopped at Aspromonte (known as the Aspromonte incident of 1862) by Italian troops.

It is separated from the island of New Guinea by the Dampier and Vitiaz Straits and from New Ireland by St. George's Channel.

My delegation is fully aware that the safety of navigation in such straits is a key and vital element in promoting foreign trade.

After defeating the two Turkish sallies from the Straits at Elli (December 1912) and Lemnos (January 1913), the Aegean Sea was secured for Greece.

The Mackinac Bridge ( ) is a suspension bridge spanning the Straits of Mackinac to connect the Upper and Lower peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.

It lies between the coasts of mainland Yemen and Eritrea, near the Bab el Mandeb straits which connect the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.

Some analysts have gone further by linking terrorists and sea robbers, arguing that they could join forces and together wreak havoc in vital straits used for international navigation.

Most of the major rivers that drain into the South China Sea had some evidence of tigers, whereas those draining into the Straits of Malacca in the west did not.

Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude she dwells among the nations, she finds no rest all her persecutors overtook her within the straits.

Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.

The Organization's current financial straits made it unlikely that the Committee would be able to make much progress on the issue during the main part of the Assembly's sixtieth session.

The newspaper the Straits Times reported on the HPB report on May 6, featuring an infographic showing that a bowl of rice has twice the carbohydrate content of a soft drink.

The South China Sea is a marginal sea that is part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from the Singapore and Malacca Straits to the Strait of Taiwan of around .

But Japan remains concerned about China s rapidly modernizing military, while China worries about a potential US Japan containment strategy for China, especially in the case of a crisis in the Taiwan Straits.

(c) in seeking attainment of the above objectives, the Organization and the Secretary General should seek to promote the Marine Electronic Highway project specifically designed for the Straits of Malacca and Singapore.

Female wage labour is still viewed as a solution of last resort for households in desperate straits and their wage rates are normally only half the level of men's, or even less.

The European Union (EU) would like to stress the importance of the principle of freedom of navigation, including the rights of innocent passage and transit passage through straits used for international navigation.

If the debtor is in straits , let there be a respite until the time of ease and if you remit the debt as charity , it will be better for you , should you know .

In 2004, the Tribunal received communications from parties on matters relating to compliance with judgements and orders with respect to the Case concerning Land Reclamation by Singapore in and around the Straits of Johor.

Whether it was threats to the environment, inequities in the distribution of wealth, lack of a sane policy or a sustainable policy with respect to the continuing uses of energy, we were in desperate straits.

They are a threat to all, especially in times of high capital mobility, when governments rely too much on foreign lenders apparent willingness to provide funds and find themselves in dire straits when capital inflows stop.

67. Calls upon user States and States bordering straits for international navigation to cooperate by agreement on matters relating to navigational safety, including safety aids for navigation, and the prevention, reduction and control of pollution from ships

56. Calls upon user States and States bordering straits for international navigation to cooperate by agreement on matters relating to navigational safety, including safety aids for navigation, and the prevention, reduction and control of pollution from ships

In the context of strengthening the safety of navigation and maritime security in the area, we further commend the assistance of the IMO in facilitating the Marine Electronic Highway project for the Straits of Malacca and Singapore.

The peninsula is connected to the Kherson Oblast's Henichesk Raion, and thus the European mainland, via the Isthmus of Perekop, a strip of land about wide, as well as by bridges over the narrow Chongar and Henichesk straits.

It was unheard of at that time for women to begin dancing professionally before the age of eighteen, but her father had lost his teaching position at the school in 1896, leaving her family in dire straits financially.