He points out to some of the incidents that marked the festival

These paradoxes are both perplexing and revealing.

Ironically, it also has the power to cause disasters.

Journalist Syed Ishtiaque Reza pointed out some anomalies in the provision

Somewhat paradoxically, the election of Rowhani will strengthen their political hand.

Ironically, this perception brings Israel some rather unlikely partners.

Paradoxically, the new technological possibilities are also eliminating privacy.

Ironically, it is the world of business that remains slow to change.

Ironically, of course, his stance became untenable when his own misdeeds came to light.

Ironically, peacekeeping was not specified in the original charter.

Ironically, since 2004, the homeownership rate has been in decline.

Ironically, the same document is full of demands for greater transparency.

Paradoxically, he found it easier to reach out to non Christian religions.

Ironically, when it comes to China, the latest frenzy concerns food itself.

Ironically, Japan now offers a seed of hope for agricultural liberalization.

Paradoxically, the numbers for the AIDS epidemic reveal a harsh reality women's ignorance of their own vulnerability.

Ironically, flexible exchange rates help the very country that caused the crisis.

Ironically, its adherents include both George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden.

Paradoxically, though, great deal hangs on the elections outcome.

Paradoxically, the bulk of this platform has survived as a banner of the left.

The health status of a population is, ironically, often reflected and measured by information about deaths.

Ironically, both Russia and the United States recognize that this is in their interest.

Ironically, that moment happened two days later, but with lamentably little media coverage.

Ironically, this was leading the IMF to focus on its supervisory role.

One delicious irony in Europe is that Chinese banks are contesting the requirement to subsidiarize in London on precisely those grounds.

Ironically, the Russian case is no different from that of Pakistan, Iran, or North Korea.

Paradoxically, today s global changes and challenges offer the potential for both peaceful coexistence and violent conflict.

Ironically, today s decline in American global power may lead to more effective regional cooperation.

Ironically, the Chinese government has been strengthened without oppressing the growth and dynamism of the Chinese economy.

Ironically instead of weakening Lebanon, one clear winner of this war is the unity and independent will of Lebanon.

Ironically, it was an advantage of the Nuremberg courts that they were staffed by the representatives of the victorious powers.

There is another irony some of the same Australians who have criticized the deficits have also criticized proposals to increase taxes on mines.

Paradoxically, truth in politics is something that everybody knows, but that few dare to express.

What intrigues me most is how women are doing this, despite a set of paradoxes that are both frustrating and fascinating.

But the major challenge in this respect is now coming, ironically enough, from America s main ally in the region, Israel.

Paradoxically, the challenge of climate change is a good place to look.

Ironically, it seems that theocratic theory in Iran has led to anti theocracy.

This is a paradox intrinsic to democracy, and it is the duty of politicians to deal with the tensions to which it gives rise.

But ironically, this situation has empowered all of us, because we are considered, as artists, central to the cultural, political, social discourse in Iran.

What an irony that more than 60 years later we need to undergo the same shift in mindset.

These are some of the poorest households in the world, and, ironically, some of the hungriest as well, despite being food producers.

The irony here is that China is widely hailed as a success story, while Zimbabwe is generally viewed as a failed state.

Paradoxically, resource rich developing countries are often worse off than comparable countries that lack those resources.

Only afterwards did a sense of proportion take hold, ironically by the Egyptian and Syrian leaders before anyone else.

But, ironically, that hasn t necessarily resulted in a higher degree of financial security, owing to the don t talk about money taboo.