But a mere two days after its creation, the embryonic Council suffered its first big setback.

That a pan Islamic discourse has now replaced the cause of pan Arabism is a major setback for moderate Arab regimes.

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In April 2013, she had a relapse of the cancer and underwent treatment.

Iran and Turkey are bound to assert their Islamic credentials more and more as they reach out to the Arab masses. That a pan Islamic discourse has now replaced the cause of pan Arabism is a major setback for moderate Arab regimes.

But a mere two days after its creation, the embryonic Council suffered its first big setback. France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Portugal, in collaboration with the United States, presented a draft resolution before the United Nations Security Council seeking to condemn repression in Syria and put an end to the use of force against civilians.

Yet America s European allies administered Obama s first setback.

The Kosovo Albanians who want to enter that status process have understood that violence will be a major setback.

The very rise of that specter over the past two years has been a setback for Africa s democratic development.

Any such case would be a serious setback for the Treaty and a huge threat to the entire global security system.

That would be a severe setback for the EU for the British, blundering through history, it would be a veritable disaster.

It was a disgraceful snub for donor nations that had invested time and capital in supporting Ethiopia s democratic transition.

While these missile tests might have seemed to be a setback in earlier times, they have now become a kind of theater of virility, separate from any political discourse.

The events of 11 September 2001 represented a setback for human rights.

The events of November 2004 were a serious setback to the prospects for peace and further undermined the level of trust between the parties.

It matters and will continue to matter in the European Council and the European Parliament.

Clearly, any violence that were to occur in Kosovo, such as happened in March 2004, would set the process back.

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It is a major and urgent problem.

We have already seen that insufficient international efforts in the post crisis phase can result in a relapse into conflict.

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But then Geithner takes a leap.

An already precarious security situation in Ituri experienced a considerable setback during the reporting period, with the civilian population again bearing the brunt of the violence.

Context is vital.

Consider three major historical trends.

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So expect big shocks.

Language and culture matter, too.

The spread of disease was a major secondary disaster.

Malawi attaches great importance to youth participation.

We just don t know yet whether the crisis will cause another reversion to the mean, but some downward adjustment looks likely.

The European Union continues to believe that the action taken by the King is a serious setback to the prospects for a negotiated and democratically based solution to the conflict in Nepal.

During the war, a number of radioactive lightning rods with large fire detectors, which had been located in large factories, were destroyed.

It's now owned, right, much of it by big industries.

The structure of the entire economy matters, too.

Each major faction is represented in government.

The quality of Arab education is also an obstacle.

In tough times such as these, money matters.

Peer pressure now matters, too.

WFP made considerable resources available for several major initiatives.