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Iran is also a key player in cooling the hot spots in the Caucasus and Central Asia.

Some hotspots of conflict are beginning to see progress in a favourable direction. This is the case in the Middle East.

The region is politically unstable, and has been one of the flashpoints in military conflicts in the region since 1998.

The proper sequencing of steps in dealing with world trouble spots is essential to gaining international support for further action.

The weaknesses stem from UNCTAD's limited human and financial resources as compared to demand, from the wide and evolving scope of assistance, and from the fragmented structure of operations.

This phenomenon is intensified by the existence of some centres of religious activism led by nationals of the Niger and by nationals of certain countries.

These are usually highland or fringe areas (e.g. Southern Africa, Sahel) in Africa as well as most malaria foci outside Africa.

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These problems should have become the focal points of the entire document that was approved in a strange consensus a word I do not hesitate to place between quotation marks.

Of the several flashpoints in the region, including that between Georgia and Russia over South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the tension between Armenians and Azerbaijan over Nagorno Karabakh is among the most challenging.

Think tank pundits, obsessed with the permutations of issues surrounding US forces deployment in the world s trouble spots, have concluded that the rising Sunni violence, too, is related to the US troop withdrawal.

Since the advent of the industrial era in the mid eighteenth century, atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased significantly, the earth has warmed considerably and sea levels have risen measurably.

The path towards the settlement of international disputes can be found only by complying with the resolutions and principles of international legality. That is the only way to reduce tension and to prevent frustration and despair from reaching the boiling point as a result of occupation, injustice and aggression.

CANBERRA The South China Sea long regarded, together with the Taiwan Strait and the Korean Peninsula, as one of East Asia s three major flashpoints is making waves again.

The coastal plains form a large section of the World Wildlife Fund's Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests ecoregion and contain patches of Central African mangroves especially on the Muni River estuary on the border with Equatorial Guinea.

At first sight, that looks like a hard task. Since Copenhagen, climate change has slipped down the global agenda, as the restoration of economic growth, voter concern about jobs and living standards, and violent conflict in key trouble spots have taken precedence.

It is time for the US to recognize that since it launched its war on terror, the scourge has only spread. The Afghanistan Pakistan belt has remained ground zero for transnational terrorism, and once stable countries like Libya, Iraq, and Syria have emerged as new hubs.

Thus, we all have the obligation to accept others and not reject them because of religious belief, lifestyle or cultural background. Religion should not be used as a pretext to marginalize or exclude others. We need to ensure that a culture of tolerance prevails, because hot spots of tension can emerge where extremism exists.

We can stage round table after round table to discuss the importance of our relations with China, but if issues like Iran, Africa, or other trouble spots are not managed better, the West will inevitably consider China a security threat.