A family bereavement, you understand?

China s One Child Calamity

And they'd see me play and they'd go, (Serbian) Catastrophic!

DG If this happens again the results could be catastrophic.

We share the grief expressed about the tragic loss of those two leaders.

Over the past year, we have been tragically reminded of human vulnerability in the face of natural disasters.

These opportunities need to be seized with as much alacrity as the world has responded to Asia s sorrow.

After the Kursk catastrophe, Putin was asked what really happened. It sank, he replied, with a somewhat macabre smile.

That phenomenon had increased following the tragic events of 11 September 2001.

The environment has been particularly hard hit by the fact that thousands of people are living in catastrophic circumstances.

But that day, it struck a chord that I couldn't switch off from.

This can go wrong in about 500 different ways. So tell me now, who wants to see a demo of Glass?

Russia, of course, has no appetite to repeat the Soviet Union s calamitous military adventure in Afghanistan.

All in all, there had been a rapid depletion of marine resources with disastrous socio economic effects in certain regions.

As a result of unremitting and increasingly intense artillery bombardment of the residential areas of the city of Sukhumi, the number of casualties among the civilian population is spiralling at a catastrophic rate.

Whenever a tragedy strikes there, the process is almost always the same family and friends come together to care for the deceased, dressing them as best as they can to prepare them for their journey onward.

Palestinian children continued to suffer from tragic humanitarian and security conditions in the occupied Palestinian territories which posed grave threats to their lives and future.

Mr. Al Ghanem (Kuwait) said that the Palestinian situation was catastrophic because of continued Israeli practices against the encircled and defenceless Palestinian people.

Unfortunately, as soon as we started to implement the Agreement with our partners in the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), we were faced with a great tragedy the death of John Garang, the first Vice President of the Republic.

The humanitarian dimensions of the Angolan tragedy are catastrophic as some 3 million people, particularly the most vulnerable population groups children, women and the elderly are suffering from the consequences of the conflict.

If there was an incident today where a hundred kids died in some tragedy or where, say, a hundred kids were kidnapped and then rescued by special forces,

NEWPORT BEACH As we all struggle to comprehend the economic and financial impact of Japan s calamity, it is tempting to seek historical analogies for guidance.

The most terrible post cold war drama is unfolding in the heart of Europe massive killings, massive destruction, over 2 million refugees, insane acts of ethnic cleansing and genocide.

Thus the separatist leaders from Tiraspol have concluded a tragic political and judicial farce organized and managed by them, arrogantly breaking the fundamental principles the world community stands for democracy, justice, freedom and humanism.

Yet in many places, Governments and individuals continue to violate the rule of law, often without consequences for them but with deadly consequences for the weak and the vulnerable.

Mr. Faaborg Andersen (Denmark) Like other colleagues, I would like to convey our heartfelt condolences to the Government and the people of Bangladesh on the tragic death of nine peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Mr. Jenie (Indonesia) I wish to start by conveying my delegation's sincere condolences to the people and the Government of Bangladesh on the tragic death of Bangladeshi peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

His exposé of the SARS epidemic cover up forced China's government to confront the disease more openly and aggressively, averting a public health catastrophe.

If there was an incident today where a hundred kids died in some tragedy or where, say, a hundred kids were kidnapped and then rescued by special forces, I mean, it would be all over the news for a week, right?

During the reporting period, at least seven Palestinian civilians were killed, including, tragically, an 11 year old boy carrying a toy gun, who was fatally shot by Israeli forces in Jenin on 3 November.

Convinced that the continuing existence of nuclear weapons poses a threat to all humanity and that their use would have catastrophic consequences for all life on Earth, and recognizing that the only defence against a nuclear catastrophe is the total elimination of nuclear weapons and the certainty that they will never be produced again,

Convinced that the continuing existence of nuclear weapons poses a threat to all humanity and that their use would have catastrophic consequences for all life on Earth, and recognizing that the only defence against a nuclear catastrophe is the total elimination of nuclear weapons and the certainty that they will never be produced again,

Convinced that the continuing existence of nuclear weapons poses a threat to all humanity and that their use would have catastrophic consequences for all life on Earth, and recognizing that the only defence against a nuclear catastrophe is the total elimination of nuclear weapons and the certainty that they will never be produced again,

Convinced that the continuing existence of nuclear weapons poses a threat to all humanity and that their use would have catastrophic consequences for all life on Earth, and recognizing that the only defence against a nuclear catastrophe is the total elimination of nuclear weapons and the certainty that they will never be produced again,

Convinced that the continuing existence of nuclear weapons poses a threat to all humanity and that their use would have catastrophic consequences for all life on Earth, and recognizing that the only defence against a nuclear catastrophe is the total elimination of nuclear weapons and the certainty that they will never be produced again,