And again, some of these may be far fetched, but I figured if there's anywhere to present far fetched ideas, it's here at TED, so thank you very much.

Why has the G 2 become so far fetched so fast?

Years of regime blockade have put traditional staples like meat far beyond the reach of ordinary citizens.

Despite uncertainty about Putin s intentions, that prize is not out of reach.

A satisfactory outcome in both places is within reach.

So we wanted to go to eastern Europe, a region that is still a bit elusive for us.

Failure to take such action would mean that the universal culture of protecting civilians pursued by the international community had failed.

Some companies have been successful in putting their products into categories of newness, but establishing levels of complexity remains elusive.

As recent developments show, however, a Russian Japanese rapprochement remains far off.

Effective and sustainable peace, justice and security will remain a distant goals if we do not view them from a gender perspective.

In many situations, a level playing field in terms of gender parity still remains beyond the reach of women.

Given this, the notion that emerging economies will recapture the growth levels of the bubble years seems farfetched.

Food prices are rising fast, placing some basic commodities out of reach for a growing portion of the population.

The link between poverty and refugee flows was well recognized, and durable solutions would remain elusive until the root causes were addressed.

However, if the international community made unremitting joint efforts and turned commitments into actions, these goals would no longer be beyond reach.

It would certainly be costly, but not out of reach if African aid is doubled.

Full scale human evolutionary engineering is still far off, but, at some point in the future, it may well become routine.

At this point, any peace process is a long shot, but so is the prospect of either side winning militarily, with or without the arrival of American arms for the rebels.

That is to say, your thoughts and words flit and dart, disconcertedly elusive at times, but when caught and examined ahh, such a wonder, such a delightful reward.

Yet practical solutions are at hand, because simple and low cost technologies can address specific problems.

But, although the revolutions toppled dictators and transformed societies, these core objectives remain as distant as ever.

Although the theory of optimal income taxation directly addresses the tradeoffs between efficiency incentives and distributional consequences, the appropriate equilibrium remains a long way off.

How elusive the peace dividend remains can be seen from the government s decision to press ahead with the expansion of an already large military.

While statistically that may be the case, the possibility of such noble intentions being realized will continue to remain elusive, if current regional group voting practices are anything to go by.

Investors also worried the republic's economic transformation was far from complete.

As unlikely as it may seem in the wake of the crisis over Gül s candidacy, so far Turkey is managing this challenge well.

This is now, and the idea looks a lot less plausible. Why has the G 2 become so far fetched so fast?

But an increasing number of people already nearly 300 million are facing the harsh reality of the urban slum, where resources are scarce and economic opportunities are elusive.

But, despite the best efforts of governments, reaching those goals by the 2015 target date still remains a distant prospect for many countries, not the least of in Africa.

We recognize that the rapid response capacity of the international community still fails people in need of urgent assistance and we therefore call for enhanced support to the United Nations in its efforts to strengthen its response.

Otherwise, not only will Europe s global political ambitions become untenable, but its allies on the other side of the Atlantic will lose patience with Europeans refusal to shoulder their share of the security burden.

The Kremlin s chief ideologist, Vladislav Surkov, has suggested that full democracy presupposes democracy in the head, implying that this desirable mental condition was still a long way off in Russia.

Tesla also proposed to use the atmospheric electrical circuit to transceive wireless energy over large distances.

Of course, there is some progress wind power meets 20 of the electricity demand in Denmark and about 15 in Spain and Portugal, for example but the recipe for success remains elusive.

Israel should not, however, rejoice at being so far away from Europe, because Europe s way is not far fetched the world cannot be allowed to operate for long outside a reasonable international system of rules and laws.

Despite some noteworthy, positive country and subregional achievements, especially in the North African subregion, chances remain remote for the region to achieve the poverty goal without significant intervention and accelerated support.

That is not too much to ask.

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These countries now require painful, far reaching reforms to attain economic prosperity, a goal that presupposes cultural change as well.

It's too far away.

A satisfactory outcome in both places is within reach. To achieve it, the US and the EU must ensure that Serbia is blocked from making trouble, Kosovo becomes independent, and Bosnia stays united.

Indeed, as the effects of stimulus programs wear off, new weaknesses are emerging, such as persistent inflation in India and credit misallocation in China. Given this, the notion that emerging economies will recapture the growth levels of the bubble years seems farfetched.

Equal support was noted for UNICEF work in girls' education, putting gender equality within reach by the end of 2005 or during 2006.

This will be difficult, and it must not be approached naively.

Italy is far from Brazil.