On Christmas morning in 2008, the government declared a state of emergency.

First, the Conference on Disarmament (CD) is passing through a prolonged impasse.

It is the first installment in the Medal of Honor video game series.

In short, it is time for China's leaders to change the chemistry of their long feud with Taiwan.

Israel is taking bold, courageous actions to reinvigorate the peace process on behalf of all those involved in this drawn out conflict.

But the protracted conflict contributed to the decline of both empires and devastated Iraq, leaving behind a deep sectarian cleavage.

Following protracted development, blue laser diodes operating at 405 nanometers became available on a production basis.

But, following a recent 64 devaluation of the currency, the clock appears to be running out on his prolonged misrule.

The resolution that the Council has adopted today rightly expresses the Council's utmost concern over the dire consequences of the prolonged conflict in Darfur.

Now some American neo conservatives argue that the US should drop its longstanding support for European integration.

I hope that they will take them to heart and address once and for all the long standing injustices that for too long have pushed too many people with leprosy to the margins of society.

Optimists see it differently. Encouraged by sharp reductions in households debt service costs and a surprisingly steep fall in unemployment, they argue that the long nightmare has finally ended.

Africa is the last frontier for resource discovery, having long been relatively neglected by mining and other resource extraction companies, owing to difficult political conditions.

Turkish Northern Cyprus accepted UN Secretary General Kofi Annan s plan (massively supported by the EU) to resolve the long standing conflict.

In addition, every effort must be made to surmount the protracted political impasse at the Conference on Disarmament and to begin negotiations on the fissile material cut off treaty.

Mr. de Soto considered that despite the improved political climate in the region a lack of agreement remained and the stalemate in this long standing conflict had left great humanitarian problems.

That long term siege, put in place after Hamas assumed sole control of the government in Gaza breaking with the Palestine National Authority in the process is a humanitarian catastrophe and a grave moral error.

Resolving the island s longstanding division would nest Cyprus more comfortably in the EU, and the economic effects would be manifold, extending throughout the eastern Mediterranean.

Moreover, the role and attitude of a rising China must be assessed on a regional basis, particularly given that the long standing dispute over islets in the South China Sea may be entering a new phase.

The United States pivot to the Asia Pacific region was required not only because of the security threats posed by the rise of China, but also as a consequence of America s long and costly obsession with the Middle East.

(e) To refrain from undertaking military activities as a demonstration of their willingness to seek a peaceful solution to the long standing conflict and to adhere to a comprehensive ceasefire as part of a just peace negotiation process

Of course, settling this long festering dispute is to be welcomed, but the cost is that ceding territory has become a precedent.

WASHINGTON, DC Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is a master of political survival. But, following a recent 64 devaluation of the currency, the clock appears to be running out on his prolonged misrule.

Electric power blackouts, a prolonged drought, inflation, and shortages are making life increasingly difficult for ordinary Venezuelans, and Chávez s standing in opinion polls is dropping.

Modern democracy activism Many pro democracy supporters noted that China has successfully overcome much of the challenges to democracy in China faced during the transition from a communist to a capitalist economy so there is no longer a need for prolonged political repression.

Looking ahead, however, Cyprus has the means not only to recover, but even to heal its longstanding division with the Turkish backed statelet in the north of the island.

Such an outcome would be a major breakthrough for Cyprus and the region. Resolving the island s longstanding division would nest Cyprus more comfortably in the EU, and the economic effects would be manifold, extending throughout the eastern Mediterranean.

The Chinese, for their part, complain about foreign trade practices and are taking some cases (for example, a long running dispute with the European Union over solar panels) to the WTO, where cases brought against China by other countries are proliferating.

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For the world, the WHO s recommendations represent a once in a generation opportunity to remedy a long standing and egregious inequity in health care, and, more broadly, to set a model for governance of global public goods befitting an era of globalization.

These two Secretariats are responsible for the articulation of policies with other ministries in order to reduce inequality and discrimination by integrating a gender policy, which addresses a long standing demand of the women's movement in Brazil.

(d) All available domestic remedies have not been exhausted. This shall not be the rule where the application of the remedies is unreasonably prolonged or unlikely to bring effective relief

The long awaited white visitor has arrived to Jordan, after a couple of dry cold fronts it came and quickly melted.

The State party's failure to consider these applications are also said to demonstrate that exhaustion of domestic remedies with respect to the alleged violations of articles 7 and 10, paragraph 1 has been unduly prolonged, and that the remedies are ineffective.

Noting with concern the recurrent drought that affects Ethiopia, and its consequences,

Noting with concern the recurrent drought that affects Ethiopia, and its consequences,

Mr. Gregoire (Dominica), speaking on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), said that the member States of that community had a deep rooted historical view of issues of racism and racial discrimination, since their societies had emerged from the fight against inhuman conditions of slavery and indentureship, and from the persistence of colonialism.

And the recently conducted feasibility study might spur long awaited progress.

In 2004, the long awaited project to expand and modernize the Peebles Hospital got moving.

Drought and desertification monitoring and assessment early

The northeast monsoon ushers in the dry season, which lasts from November to March.

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Achieving long overdue peace and stability will be impossible without them.

On September 14, the Commission will issue its long awaited report.

The longer they cling to a belief in magic formulas, the longer the euro crisis will be with us.