The United Nations is torn apart by internal tensions.

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We are also participating in and contributing to the consolidation of peace and stability in countries threatened by fragmentation and balkanization.

He stood on the edge of the cliff.

They camped at the water's edge.

Pakistan on the Precipice

Return to the Abyss

Indeed, around the world, from Mexico to Indonesia and even China, the social fabric is being stretched to the point of fraying.

Europe on the Verge of a Political Breakdown

My pencil fell off the edge of my desk.

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Back to the Brink in Ukraine

Northeast Asia on the Brink

Russia is moving toward precipice.

They make their way on the edges of society.

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And every time I approached the corner or the curb I would panic.

He's at the sharp knife edge of this problem.

That could take all of us to the edge of a slippery slope.

To the Brink and Back with Iran

The men sat on the edge of the boat and women at the bottom.

In societies that have been preparing themselves by opening their markets and embracing universal education, the disruptions of this revolution can probably be absorbed and handled.

When red blood cells have completed their life span of approximately 120 days, or when they are damaged, their membranes become fragile and prone to rupture.

Christmas day it was out on the shelf edge.

That is the precipice on which Greece stands today.

China is dangerously near a crisis point.

BERKELEY Europe is again on the precipice.

MADRID Once again, Europe has peered into the abyss.

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President Pervez Musharraf must take immediate steps most importantly, the formation of a national unity government to prevent Pakistan from tearing apart at the seams.

In a paper read on his behalf, Mr. Eugène Ngalim said Cameroon's great ethnic and cultural diversity had never been a source of division or conflict.

Guinea, with a nasty military junta in power, is on the brink of disaster.

Georgia, which is both European and Asiatic, teeters on the edge of instability.

We urge the Assembly to step back from the brink.

The diplomacy of sanctions, ostracism, and brinkmanship has failed resoundingly.

It is held culpable for the near financial meltdown.

Today, Iraq may be on the verge of civil war between Shiites and Sunnis.

LOS ANGELES A few weeks ago, the world was on the edge of disaster.

Other states in the region have been teetering on the brink of failure from the outset.

It also brought both countries to the brink of economic disaster.

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And there was a row of building round about in them, round about them four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows round about.

Does secession harm those left behind? What about the resources the secessionists take with them, or the disruption they create in the country they leave?