Sami's sadness deepened into a depression.

These economic hardships are deepened by social tension.

These initiatives have undoubtedly deepened Asia s sense of community.

Doing so has certainly deepened my commitment to this work.

There were no casualties, but the attack aggravated and deepened ethnic tensions.

We have not communicated we have not negotiated mistrust and divisions have deepened.

This disinterest in Europe is not recent, but it has deepened over recent years.

While Greece was having two rounds of elections, its recession deepened and policy action stalled.

Meanwhile, as the crisis has deepened, a new consensus about Europe s monetary union has emerged.

Such beggar thy neighbor policies in the 1930 s aggravated and deepened the Great Depression.

Three insights from this year s China Development Forum deepened my confidence that a major structural transformation is now at hand that will enable China to avoid the middle income trap.

That partnership should be further deepened by taking concrete decisions within the framework of the holistic approach adopted at Monterrey in the areas of finance, currency and trade.

Similarly, imposed laïcité(France s strict republican secularism) seems to have deepened French Muslims attachment to their religious identity.

These meetings deepened the understanding of the Group about the very difficult challenges facing any government of Haiti.

Cooperation in the peacekeeping and peacebuilding areas needs to be deepened between the United Nations and the regional and subregional organizations, pursuant to Chapter VIII of the United Nations Charter.

During the same period, there have also been a number of situations where the threats to civilians have deepened and called for extraordinary measures to be taken for their protection.

Europe s politicians are by and large proud of the EU and the way it has both grown and deepened.

The disdain felt by de Gaulle, a man of the north, for the emotional settlers across the sea had deepened.

Both decisions were rejected by the majority of the country's citizens, with the result that the institutional crisis deepened even further.

In the financial sector, the banking system must be commercialized, thereby gradually allowing interest rates to be set by market forces, while capital markets must be deepened in tandem with the development of the legal and supervisory infrastructure needed to ensure financial stability.

The proliferation of sources and channels of information, instead of promoting a better understanding among peoples, have reinforced stereotypes and deepened misperceptions.

Moreover, some of the debt was incurred as part of the 1997 1998 crisis, which was aggravated and deepened by IMF imposed policies.

Young people recognize that in the past 10 years the international community has deepened its awareness of the rights based approach to development.

With the November 2004 crisis, the already fragile humanitarian situation in Côte d'Ivoire deepened, especially in the education, health, water and sanitation sectors.

The crisis deepened after Kurds were denied seats in the assembly of experts gathering in 1979, which were responsible for writing the new constitution.

The price of oil for non producing countries has further deepened that divide, as it takes away from the resources necessary for their development.

It has also provided a tangible framework within which the United Nations and the Bretton Woods institutions have deepened their cooperation in support of Haiti.

And certainly, I make all the same mistakes that everybody else does too, but it's really deepened my understanding and compassion, really, for all human life.

But inequalities at the national level have deepened in most countries in recent years, largely due to economic liberalization at both the national and international levels.

The decade long sanctions against Myanmar have not restored Aung San Suu Kyi to power, but have deepened the disease burden and extreme poverty in that country.

Of course, economic interdependence has deepened over the past three decades, but nationalism remains a convenient tool for political mobilization and of manipulation for domestic and diplomatic purposes.

This only deepened US involvement in the wrong war and emboldened Pakistan to fatten the Afghan Taliban, even as sustained US attacks continued to severely weaken Al Qaeda.

The continued reduction in the quality of foreign aid, coupled with the growing strain on domestic resources, has only deepened the perception of inequality and inequity within societies.

The Palestinian Authority still faces a number of serious internal challenges, which have deepened partly as a result of the Palestinian Authority's efforts to institute comprehensive security reform.

However, the evidence base for parenting programmes needs to be deepened further, including through assessments of the role of fathers in child care, which is being promoted by UNICEF in 13 countries, and of how families cope with conflict and HIV AIDS.

However, the change that came through foreign intervention created even worse circumstances for the people and deepened the sense of paralysis and inferiority in that part of the world.

And the first thing that went right was, of course, these five revolutions which, in my view, very much changed the way we're living and deepened our democratic experience.

Indeed, the seizure of Shalit deepened the rift between Hamas and Fatah, which believes that the abduction was staged in order to sabotage discussions about a national unity government.

The sad paradox, however, is that, as economic integration among China, Japan, and South Korea has deepened, and even as their security risks have sometimes merged, their diplomatic ties have deteriorated.

He achieved an enviable rate of economic development for a country starved of natural resources, helped to eradicate poverty, and deepened Tunisia s ties with Europe through tourism, trade, and cultural relations.

NEW HAVEN China s recent leadership transition was widely depicted as a triumph for conservative hard liners and a setback for the cause of reform a characterization that has deepened the gloominess that pervades Western perceptions of China. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth.

Moreover, the understanding of this issue at policy making and law making levels as well as in state agencies, social organizations, people's communities, families and by each individual has been increasingly deepened.

As the imbalance between China s ever more dynamic, modern, and globalized economy and its opaque, single party system of political rule deepened, many Western specialists predicted that the contradiction would inevitably trip China up.

Angry Muslim and Christian mobs burned churches and mosques, killing dozens of people in a series of attacks and reprisals that have deepened the sectional divide between the Muslim north and the Christian south.

The strength of the Bretton Woods institutions lies in intellectual diversity, and the Fund benefited from Wolfensohn s honesty, as well as from his commitment to Bank Fund cooperation, which progressively deepened during the past decade.