But now America has returned firmly to center stage.

The nonprofit company Grameen Shakti currently leads the world in the installation of solar panels for the rural poor.

A year or two ago, six main risks stood at center stage

Indeed, national interests and nationalistic egos have now moved to center stage.

Pension, investment, and hedge funds have taken the lead in this revolution.

NEW YORK The financial crisis has been uppermost in the minds of most world leaders.

PARIS In the debates raging over the future of the European Union and the eurozone, Germany always takes center stage.

Thanks to several development forums, the case for investing in young people has been made clearer, and today youth has come to occupy the centre stage of international development.

It appears, however, that security has taken centre stage and that development is seen from the angle of security, thus giving it a secondary role.

Those basic child rights remained central to the UNICEF mission, and were underscored by the new MTSP.

Likewise, the US continues to lead in entrepreneurship, research and development, higher education, and technological innovation.

Mass media could report few big stories in which a few big actors took center stage.

With energy prices moving center stage, there is a danger that already weak incentives for investment in low carbon energy will be further undermined.

Government in the lead?

And it mushroomed slightly. Afghanistan and Iraq mushroomed now to 3,000 billion.

Regionalism has moved to the foreground of global politics except in the US, where the two are seen as antithetical.

Application of science and technology is central in facilitating the achievement of most MDGs, especially in such areas as poverty alleviation, health, education and the environment.

So protectionism is taking pride of place.

Turkey also held a record in that regard.

It will, and it should. But democracy promotion is too uncertain a proposition, and the world too dangerous a place, for it to occupy center stage in what the United States does.

Even now, come election time, national governments more or less openly promise to protect their citizens from Europe, because Germany has seen to it that austerity and structural reforms take pride of place in managing the crisis.

Four issues were central in discussions of development.

In fact, 2010 will be remembered as the year that Chinese leaders undercut their country s own interests by kindling fears of an expansionist China, thereby facilitating America s return to center stage in Asia.

Although progress has been slow since 2000, the need to provide education for all and bridge the gender gap has taken centre stage and increased awareness on female education and its importance to sustainable development.

Although no one has yet caught up to Al Jazeera s news and current affairs popularity, the Saudi owned Middle East Broadcasting Center has introduced a successful 24 hour station, Al Arrabiyeh, which is challenging Al Jazeera s lead.

Improving safety on our roads became a top priority for the Government of Oman.

The question of the relevance of the United Nations was at the centre of deliberations.

The 7 WTC investigation is in some respects just as challenging, if not more so, than the study of the towers.

The building of a new economy that is viable in the global economy implies, first, the provision of financial and economic intensive care for the collapsed State.

The Australian Government sees education as a key means of improving the economic status of women and helping women to achieve their goals and widen their life choices.

There is a difference between the height of the mizzen fore and aft spar in the contemporary painting by Luny (below) and its position on the replica in the photographs, compared to the height of the lowest spars on the fore and mainmasts.

For this reason, the future shape of the International Monetary Fund is rapidly moving to the top of the agenda for world leaders as they prepare to meet in Washington in mid November to discuss the future of the global financial system.

The UNFIP office now functions as a one stop service for opportunities to form partnerships to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

I found out from a source that SFOR forces take action in certain cases exclusively on the basis of approval by their Governments and not from some centre. That should be taken advantage of .

Among the mechanisms developed to help us reduce emissions, carbon trading once took pride of place.

Integrity, by requiring that the public interest be paramount, provides the basis for transparency and accountability.

Even as a personal sidearm, the sword began to lose its preeminence in the early 19th century, reflecting the development of reliable handguns.

The company is challenging the dominant Android in China and is also looking to expand into Western markets.

Under Paraguayan law, the Constitution was paramount, and was followed in turn by ratified conventions, special laws, resolutions and acts, or decrees.

Center of Organizational Members The NCWT is mainly emphasized to become a focal point of organizational members throughout the country, dealing with activities pertaining to the development if women in any areas in order for women to be able to achieve their own independence and self reliance.

Such coordination could be achieved by establishing a focal point in the Military Adviser's office for UNMO policy issues, including security, administration, liaison and training.

The agency has given Brazil a role in space in Latin America and technically made Brazil a partner for cooperation in the International Space Station.

Men predominate in construction, transport, agro forestry fisheries, gas and electricity, manufacturing and public administration.

The financial sector continues to spearhead Singapore's OFDI.

With 15 million retail outlets, India has the highest retail outlet density in the world.