With the situation threatening to escalate further, both sides need to contain the conflict quickly and restore the status quo.

And, while Tunisia s situation seems to be the most promising, a crippling investment shortfall is threatening to derail reform efforts there.

For small island and low lying coastal countries like Tuvalu the situation is devastating, threatening lives, human rights and our long term survival.

Though China finally pacified the situation by threatening to withdraw investment, doing so meant reneging on the promise not to meddle in other countries domestic affairs.

The unanimous adoption proves the Council's feeling that the situation that continues to prevail on the ground is still threatening peace and security in the area.

With the situation threatening to escalate further, both sides need to contain the conflict quickly and restore the status quo. Indeed, the situation is all the more volatile in view of the political transition now underway in China.

Sami's injuries were life threatening.

The teacher was threatening us.

But threatening violence is more serious.

The situation is, by no means, unconnected with the soaring price of oil, which is causing serious problems in the global economy and threatening the economic gains made by many developing countries.

Beneath the surface are many threatening cracks.

He forwarded the threatening letters to the police.

Human greed is threatening the existence of many species.

prohibit the person from threatening to perpetrate domestic violence

After the situation escalated threatening the striking employees to leave without getting their financial rights from the new administration, things turned to another direction in what seems like the beginning of a victory for the employees.

Their systematic dissemination endangers minorities, threatening them with invidious discrimination.

The mad pursuit of corporate profits is threatening us all.

A threatening flyer dropped outside Al Jazeera's office in Cairo.

Apparently she took up a more threatening position in her bed.

No one can stop Iran from threatening the Strait of Hormuz.

But cracks are forming in Russian society, threatening the status quo.

Living with tyranny might be less life threatening than embracing anarchy.

Humanitarian assistance operations respond to human need in life threatening situations.

In a medical emergency, it can impose life threatening delays in care.

Once again, North Korea s pursuit of nuclear weapons is threatening Asia s stability.

Considerable social conflict could become unavoidable, threatening political support for economic openness.

Russia even has uneasy relations with the congenitally non threatening European Union.

Interim measures are designed to respond to exceptional or life threatening situations.

As a result, the crisis is now threatening to destroy the EU itself.

The deflationary debt trap is threatening to destroy a still incomplete political union.

It remains crucial in a world populated by threatening states and terrorist organizations.

The eurozone s leaders are on a raft heading towards a life threatening waterfall.

And the trumpet will be blown this is the Day of the Threatening .

And the trumpet shall be blown that is the day of the threatening .

And the trumpet will be blown this is the Day of the Threatening .

And the trumpet shall be blown that is the day of the threatening .

Transnational crimes, including piracy and armed robbery, are threatening marine safety and security.

Granted, some mother tongues might sound a little threatening to the average American, right?

Missile tests, PLA military exercises and threatening rhetoric have been sufficient deterrents until now.

Lesbianism is, of course, a less threatening practice to the men who run Ghana.

Parallel to this, the next tsunami is approaching, threatening to inundate the real economy.

Both of these mental political blocks are threatening the European project in equal measure.

But, by threatening to destabilize the global economy, China threatens Western interests as well.

Any one of those problems could escalate into conflict, thereby threatening life and security.

And I saw my sister's face, this wail of pain and suffering and surprise threatening to erupt from her mouth and threatening to wake my parents from the long winter's nap for which they had settled.