This year has marked an important turning point in the momentum for change.

James Surowiecki When social media became news

A Watershed Doctrine for America

That could be a turning point, provided it is adequately reinforced with additional steps toward greater integration.

China is at a turning point.

The Millennium Summit was a turning point for global partnership.

The French invasion of Russia in 1812 was a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.

This work also marks the turning point in Islamic astronomy.

Given that the government can change laws, name judges, and staff the state administration, Turkey s slide to another political model could reach a point of no return.

October 23, 2011, was a turning point for Tunisia.

Ugandans took to social media to congratulate the 35 year old celebrated artist on his election into Parliament.

The signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement marks a turning point in the history of the Sudan.

It remains to be seen whether Obama s inclusion of institutional renewal in his inaugural address marks a turning point in America s approach to multilateralism.

These events marked a turning point in Cauchy's life, and a break in his mathematical productivity.

In our view, after the difficult year 2004, Haiti is now at a turning point.

The birth of the DPJ government can yet be a turning point.

Does this new emphasis on happiness represent a shift or just a passing fad?

We saw another turning point on a second issue of existential importance nuclear disarmament.

The creation of the Human Rights Council and the establishment of a Peacebuilding Commission will mark a turning point in the history of the Organization.

Together, they constitute a turning point in the way the IMF works, and will allow it to serve its global membership even better.

This enthusiasm for reform marks a paradigm shift.

As the lever rotates around the fulcrum, points farther from this pivot move faster than points closer to the pivot.

But, unlike its neighbors, this year can mark a turning point for Burundi.

The 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea, was another milestone for the Paralympic movement.

Today, however, the eurozone s attention has shifted to growth.

Over the years, the day of infamy has become a classic reference point for galvanizing patriotic sentiment in America.

However, the victory was not a turning point in the war, which continued and often favoured Spain.

The completion of the peacekeeping phase of the United Nations engagement is another turning point for Sierra Leone.

Kadima s victory in Israel s elections is the country s most important political turning point in 30 years, if not longer.

The Battle of Kosovo in 1389 marks a turning point and is considered as a beginning of the fall of the medieval Serbian state.

Mr. Thomson (United Kingdom) The end of the war in Europe 60 years ago was a turning point.

The Second World War was not only a historical event of the first order, it also marked a turning point for humankind in our time.

UNICEF also collaborated with partners in a landmark United Nations study on violence against children.

Thus, insidiously, the burden of proof is shifted.

That failure placed the world on the path to the negative watershed posed by Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.

ZANZIBAR Here s an odd prediction for the coming year 2013 will be a watershed for financial reform.

In the 1994 parliamentary elections, the Democratic Agrarian Party gained a majority of the seats, setting a turning point in Moldovan politics.

Part of this is pure automation.

The end of UNMISET represents a turning point for this young nation, and I am confident that the next steps towards democratic institution building in Timor Leste can be pursued through robust capacity building activities.

I call this strategy the Watershed Doctrine. A watershed is a tipping point, a turning point, a game changer.

At a turning point in European history, our innovative alternative was thrown into the dustbin.

September 11, 2001, was a terrible tragedy by any measure, but it was not a historical turning point.

After three decades of growth on a scale unprecedented in human history, China s new leaders are facing a historical turning point.

While this first meeting resulted in nothing more than declarations of intent, it still marks a historic turning point.

But, if this is to become a decisive turning point in the eurozone crisis, three things must happen.