Continuing to stumble forward, however, would inevitably lead to a debilitating, if not fatal, fall.

A substantial minority of the population suffers from these diseases, which are often chronic, debilitating, and life threatening.

Fatima, pregnant with her third child, arrives exhausted, but despite the heat, dust and distance reminisces about family excursions to her parents village in Syria.

Recording Hi, my name is Ray, and on yesterday my daughter called me because she was stressed out because of things that were going on on her job that she felt was quite unfair.

Iran would find itself the bogeyman of the Arab world s Sunnis, while Hezbollah could be swallowed up by another debilitating Lebanese civil war.

The fact that Afghanistan s ethnic groups are concentrated in distinct geographical zones would simplify partition and make the resulting borders more likely to last, unlike those drawn by colonial officials, who invented countries with no national identity or historical roots.

When big US banks are in trouble or Americans are having another debilitating political fight over their public finances, global investors scramble into US Treasuries.

The stars above and thin crescent moon are insufficient to light up the path, and the walkers rely on the lights of mobile phones to help them stay together as certain family members slow down, exhausted from their travels and the hundreds of kilometres many of them have already covered on foot.

Dipu Moni, Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, said at a news conference in the capital, Dhaka, that Bangladesh did not have the capacity to accept refugees because the impoverished country s resources already are strained.

To advance the world s geographic knowledge, explorers used to have to head out to sea, enduring inclement weather and debilitating disease, unsure of where they were going or whether they would ever return home.

Fourthly, the debt cancellation movement which began after exhaustive advocacy on the part of African leaders and their partners at the Group of Eight summit and which was recently confirmed at the annual board meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund can only be applauded, and we hope it will be speedily implemented.

Giving Europeans the time and space to choose more Europe would reinforce the core values upon which integration has rested for more than six decades.

Many of the conditions needed for a democratic transformation a vibrant and organized civil society, a relatively free press, and well respected opposition figures, as well as a variety of battered but breathing political parties of different persuasions are already present.

The most urgent problems journalists have to face today are the occupational disorderliness (page 6) that reigns in the field (exhausting working hours, employer's arbitrariness, non insured labour etc.) and low emolument.