and have forgotten Yahweh your Maker, who stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth and fear continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he makes ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

We have 271 ships lying in the straits.

And I can bring the fleet through the straits above Thermopylae, protecting your flank.

These visits help move cross Straits relations towards peace and stability, thus receiving broad support from people on both sides of the Straits and winning full recognition of the international community.

There are many fjords, and mountains often reaching to the sea.

In any event, the regime of individual straits and canals is usually dealt with by means of specific provisions.

For years, we have made unswerving efforts to promote cross Straits relations.

Take your ships out of the straits at once. This is our last morning at Thermopylae.

In 2004, cross Straits trade volume reached 78.3 billion United States dollars.

This year, thanks to our vigorous efforts, cross Straits exchanges have witnessed significant progress.

The two sides had a sincere, frank and in depth exchange of views on major issues relating to cross Straits relations and inter party ties, expressing their wishes to see an early restoration of cross Straits dialogues and negotiations on the basis of the 1992 consensus.

The presence of Spain's enemies in the Straits prompted the Spanish king Philip IV to order Gibraltar's defences to be strengthened.

Along the British Columbia and Alaska coast, the mountains intermix with the sea in a complex maze of fjords, with thousands of islands.

While harsh, the microclimates along some fjords allowed for a pastoral lifestyle similar to that of Iceland.

The European Union (EU) would like to stress the importance of the principle of freedom of navigation, including the rights of innocent passage and transit passage through straits used for international navigation.

We believe that the freedom of overflight, rights of innocent passage through territorial seas, transit passages through international straits and archipelagic sea lanes passage should be explicitly acknowledged.

Compounding these defects, the draft resolution does not even address other significant navigational freedoms protected by international law within straits, territorial seas and exclusive economic zones.

In view of the territorial claims of some States in the region, the resolution does not adequately protect the freedom of navigation and overflight or the right of passage through international straits and territorial seas, as established under international law.

The examples of such treaties include the Convention Instituting the Statute of Navigation of the Elbe (1922), the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles relating to the Kiel Canal (1919), the Convention regarding the Regime of the Straits (Montreux) (1936), the Panama Canal Treaty (1977) and the Treaty concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal (1977).

It has been proven by ample facts that the secessionist activities in the name of Taiwan independence pose the biggest obstacle to the growth of cross Straits relations as well as the biggest immediate threat to peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits and the Asia Pacific region at large.

The Committee is concerned about the reports of forced evictions and insufficient measures to provide compensation or alternative housing to those who have been removed from their homes in the context of urban development projects as well as of rural development projects such as the Three Gorges Project.

Yet their pursuit of a dominant position on the strategic chokepoints in the Indian Ocean undermines these goals by raising tensions not only with India, but with Asia s other powers and the US.

The Chinese Government has consistently adhered to the basic policy of peaceful reunification and one country, two systems in seeking solutions to the Taiwan question and has advocated cross Straits dialogues and negotiations on the basis of the one China principle.