There has also been a reduction in rural areas, but to a lesser degree.

Less commonly pain may occur primarily in the back or top of the head.

And the same is true, albeit to a lesser degree, for other heavily indebted sovereigns.

It also relegated other important topics to a lower level of priority.

In one of various usages, the term Columbia Basin refers to more or less the same area as the Columbia Plateau.

In countries with relatively weak health and nutrition systems and services, the initial focus will be on interventions that are less reliant on the health system and can be delivered at community level or through outreach.

Minorities are significantly disadvantaged throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina in material terms.

If this were to happen, the meetings of the Parties would be less likely to rotate among member States, and would be more likely to be held in the seat of the Secretariat.

Gossip has harsher consequences for women who generally rely more heavily than men on social networks. Stigma may cause families to conceal an HIV positive diagnosis, causing considerable stress and depression within the family.

The effectiveness of such an effort would depend greatly on how law enforcement officials, the Procurator and the judiciary battled corruption.

Russia and Ukraine and, to a lesser extent, China blocked efforts to reach an agreement.

However, there are several other lesser known mechanisms of generating NADPH, all of which depend on the presence of mitochondria.

main investors in Africa but to a lesser extent (1.3 per cent) than other developing countries from Asia.

Another objection is the opposition of Turkey and, to a lesser degree, Iran and Syria to granting the Iraqi Kurds self determination.

By contrast, for Chávez and, to a lesser degree, other Andean leaders (Peru being a notable exception), the behemoth to the north is a dangerous imperialist enemy.

Today, the top few players still earn a very good living, but less than at the peak.

There has also been some movement towards abolition among countries and territories that have continued to carry out executions although much less frequently.

The month of March witnessed continued attacks on civilians, albeit to a somewhat lesser extent than in February.

This would involve less emphasis on fiscal and structural reforms, raising concerns in Berlin, Brussels, and Frankfurt.

In 2001 the overall illiteracy rate was 20.5 per cent, with the rate for women being slightly below that for men.

Today's great powers have relied on similar methods, also heavy with rhetoric, against puny opponents, but with far less convincing results.

To make matters worse, the eurozone depends on oil imports even more than the United States does, and oil prices are rising, even as the political and policy environment is deteriorating.

In fact, tourism is a highly demand driven industry, and it is characterized by high vulnerability to external factors such as natural risks, threats to health and security and simply fashion.

But such practices are still being applied to a lesser degree, and they can be pulled out of the arsenal whenever political or social conditions dictate.

In particular, it was indicated that reference to contractual relationships would not be appropriate in the case of maritime performing parties, for whom the contract of carriage had less relevance.

Mortar and Qassam rocket fire against settlements and Israeli cities close to the Gaza Strip has continued since then to occur at a lower level of intensity.

Combined with declining predatory fish stocks, declining demand will have serious consequences for countries that rely too heavily on access fees from longlining.

A Dutch province represents the administrative layer in the Netherlands between the national government and the local municipalities, having the responsibility for matters of subnational or regional importance.

Like sub Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa is confronted with the challenges of economic growth and, to a lesser degree, of poverty alleviation.

They will most certainly benefit women, particularly the poorest and black women, which historically have enjoyed a lesser degree of access to the Judicial Power.

This Unit would draw heavily on existing resources within the system and would assist national efforts to re establish the rule of law in conflict and post conflict societies.

The result is widespread invocation by governments of religious norms, and to a lesser extent references to tradition, in order to legitimize the continuation of patriarchal rule.

While, in relations between belligerents, the less stringent prohibitions of the laws of war replace those of the law of peace, the changes in relations between belligerent and non belligerent Powers are less drastic.

South Korea is hugely dependent on exports to advanced countries, Brazil much less so.

The American political world not only Republicans, but also Democrats (albeit to a lesser extent) had fenced out huge, ominous realities.

It is also spoken around the Lake Titicaca region of southern Peru and, to a much lesser extent, by some communities in northern Chile and in Northwest Argentina.

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We too easily forget that our heterogeneous societies rely on at least a watered down version of this training to maintain political and economic order.

Given that bioplastics are produced from renewable or bio based sources (cellulose, starch, and glucose) and, in some cases, through microbial fermentation they have a lower carbon footprint, contribute less to global warming, and biodegrade to small molecules.

Hamas has proved its staying power. After decades of standoffs and stalemate, perhaps it can focus less on its own survival and more on helping to achieve a just and lasting peace.

Meanwhile financial fragmentation within the eurozone continues Spain, and to a lesser extent Italy, suffers a seemingly irresistible rise in borrowing costs and political strains grow more visible.

The real groundswell this time seems to have come from the close timing and positive outcomes of recent elections in Iraq, Palestine, and to a lesser degree in Saudi Arabia.

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN Today s International Monetary Fund (and, to a lesser degree, the World Bank) recall Talleyrand s description of France s Bourbon kings it has learned nothing and forgotten nothing.

There are differences between agricultural and urban zones in respect to the degree of educational achievement the ratio of the population without any level of education is lesser in the urban areas than in the agricultural ones.

Among other problems, the US relies heavily on drones and bombers, leading to a high civilian death toll, which is inflaming public attitudes against the US.