The protests brought the country to a standstill.

Nevertheless, it has remained at a standstill for almost a decade.

Sequential GDP growth slowed to a low single digit pace a virtual standstill by Chinese standards.

The two armies came to a standstill as neither side was able to make much progress.

In both cases, standstill triumphed over progress.

The entire Iranian oil industry came to a virtual standstill, oil production dropping from in 1950 to in 1952.

But the South was never conquered, and its army, the SPLA, twice fought the North to a standstill.

After fighting a major Soviet offensive in June July 1944 to a standstill, Finland reached an armistice with the Soviet Union.

Some members said that there was also a risk that during the transition period, the whole system might come to a standstill.

Traffic comes to a standstill in Muharraq, Bahrain, today as the King's son takes part in a triathlon. Photograph shared by MohdBucheeri on Twitter Traffic in Bahrain came to a standstill today (December 6) as some of the country's major roads were shut to traffic from 7am to 11am for the King's son to take part in a triathlon.

His lane of traffic was at a standstill, but it was normal on a weekend night such as this.

War Communism saved the Soviet government during the Civil War, but much of the Russian economy had ground to a standstill.

In any case, the time of standstill in the Middle East is coming to an end.

We are convinced that the new threats to peace and security require that this standstill be overcome.

Everything favors his taking the second option, which will tend to lead to a standstill, and even a step back, in efforts to resolve the Israeli Palestinian conflict.

They tell us that the bombing is targeting Baba Amr. Time comes to a complete standstill. The next transfer date arrives exactly one day later.

The usual double standard and the exercise or threat of a veto by one of its permanent members had brought the Council to a standstill on the issue.

And yet the Middle East is also a region that, throughout its innumerable conflicts, has hardly changed, languishing in a strange kind of standstill.

By that point, Ukraine s springtime of freedom had already deteriorated into a very visible development standstill, owing to a mixture of incompetence and corruption that cried out for change.

Private sector activity is slowing, and it is nearing a standstill in the eurozone s most vulnerable economy (Greece), where a bank run is in full swing.

Students were carrying out internships in other countries, but mostly on their own initiative, and it all came to a standstill with the onslaught of World War II.

Standstill is regress and regress produces a vicious circle meagre results at the negotiating table, no implementation, more insecurity, less willingness to talk, no results and so on.

Industry continued to grow, except in 1968 and 1972 when industry came to a standstill in the context of the soaring war (Tet Offensive and aerial raids of North Vietnam).

All of this could lead to a standstill, which, in the current environment, would be tantamount to going backward, threatening not only European integration s future prospects, but also its past accomplishments.

The asset backed commercial paper market came to a standstill and the special investment vehicles set up by banks to get mortgages off their balance sheets could no longer get outside financing.

This progress is all the more important given the complacency that led to a complete standstill in research and development for new TB interventions toward the end of the twentieth century.

UNIDO's activities in Burundi had come to a standstill in 2001 however, following the Director General's visit in 2002, an integrated programme had been developed and had been launched in 2004.

This may already be happening the appreciation of the euro, from 1.20 to 1.30 in the past few months, was enough to bring European growth to a standstill during the third quarter of this year.

If Europeans disregard Kant s categorical imperative i.e., don t do to others what you don t want others to do to you they should not be astonished if the European Union comes to a standstill or even implodes.

Should chaos of the kind witnessed in Libya occur in the Persian Gulf countries, for example, the world could literally come to a standstill, given the quantity of oil that they supply.

They might also seek a standstill on the deep underground enrichment facility at Fordow, near Qom, in exchange for provision of fuel rods for Iran s research reactor and a freeze on some sanctions.

if He willed , He could bring the wind to a standstill and they would lie motionless on the surface of the sea , truly there are signs in this for anyone who is steadfast and grateful ,

The 2007 violence was unique in the sense that it did not begin in smaller cities, towns, or rural areas, but in the capital, Nairobi, bringing Kenya to a standstill and turning it into a focus of international attention.

Kenya urged Member States to honour their financial obligations, thanked donor countries for their continued financial support to the Organization and called for financial support from development partners to be increased, to ensure that UNIDO's programmes did not come to a standstill.

If He wishes He stills the wind , whereat they remain standstill on its surface . There are indeed signs in that for every patient and grateful servant .

The EU regrets the ongoing stalemate in the Conference on Disarmament and is convinced that the new threats to peace and security require that this standstill be overcome as soon as possible.

Escalating popular protests by both incumbent and opposition supporters in Madagascar brought the country to a standstill until the army itself splintered and sacked the president s office and central bank, forcing the president to step aside in favor of the opposition leader, Andry Rajoelina.

The EU s real problem in the western Balkans is that the promise (of membership) made to aspiring states in 2003 is no longer sufficient to counter the currents of enlargement fatigue, which has led to reform fatigue, slowing the progress of the region s applicants to a virtual standstill.

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