As the boom turned to bust, the losses threatened to overwhelm the capacity of the Spanish state, and the problem became European, because it threatened the very survival of the euro.

Haiti's main aid donors threatened to cut off aid.

Unfortunately, violent conflicts emerged, threatening the lives of thousands of innocent people, as well as security, in many parts of the world, in particular in Europe and Africa.

Mr. Paltiel has received death threats by neo Nazi groups in the past.

In recent months, the most powerful clan, led by Deputy Head of Kremlin Administration Igor Sechin, whose company, Rosneft, received the biggest chunk of Yukos in 2004, has threatened to engulf the others.

In Spain, for example, local savings banks (cajas) financed an outsize real estate boom. As the boom turned to bust, the losses threatened to overwhelm the capacity of the Spanish state, and the problem became European, because it threatened the very survival of the euro.

The convoys even threatened Bamako, the capital, composed mostly of black Africans.

In the 1950s, the United States threatened to use nuclear weapons against the PRC if it attacked the island.

Lashkar e Taiba (LET), who rose to greater prominence after the Mumbai attack, immediately threatened that there would be more attacks.

Such fears were bolstered by opposition from the Church in Europe to American independence, threatening a revival of Pope Day.

So if you threaten to use it, people are going to comply with it, but it's also going to be something that doesn't leave any lasting effects.

Farming organizations threaten to withhold support for the Treaty unless the government threatens to veto Mandelson s proposals.

They have involved huge financial risks for eurozone members. They have fueled tensions among member states.

Nationalism became lethal when the economy crashed, and social unrest threatened to upset the political order.

Consider what happens when banks in Texas, Florida, or California make bad lending decisions that threaten their survival.

But if Chinese made products threaten their health and safety, there are sure to be opportunistic lawmakers ready to fan the flames.

North Korea, no surprise, wailed and blustered against the war games, even threatening a physical response.

China complained loudly, refused to allow Liu to collect the prize, and even threatened Norway with financial repercussions.

But all of this can change rapidly when a crisis looms, especially if it threatens the integrity of the European project.

In Poland last autumn, younger voters helped to replace a government whose incipient authoritarianism and xenophobic attitudes threatened to isolate their country.

In August 1982, Mexico threatened to default, and was quickly followed by other large borrowers, notably Argentina and Brazil.

After the Varna City Court refused to allow the extradition, ruling that the charges were politically motivated, the Bulgarian authorities threatened to deport him.

The US has threatened to veto the resolution in the Security Council, and the US Congress has threatened to suspend American aid to the Palestinian Authority.

Iran has threatened to cut oil exports if the United Nations Security Council imposes sanctions against it for violating its nuclear pledges.

However, on 5 July, the Nigerian government dropped the ban after FIFA threatened to impose harsher international sanctions as a result of the government interference.

This crime threatened Lebanon's security and stability and targeted a figure who had played a major role in its reconstruction and renaissance after years of war.

China then simply threatened to abandon or never to conclude trade deals with these EU members.

In other countries, such as Côte d'Ivoire, Somalia and Nepal, pervasive human rights abuses or generalized violence ran the risk of causing new or renewed displacement.

Similar questions surround Hezbollah s reasoning in unleashing large scale action that risked sectarian warfare and jeopardized its moral high ground.

2006 World Cup An injury that kept Messi from playing for two months at the end of the 2005 06 season jeopardised his presence in the 2006 World Cup.

We may debate the means by which it was pursued, and how successfully, but Russia s existential challenges were largely overcome.

In 2007 and 2008, the swift increase in biofuel production caused a food crisis that incited political instability and fueled malnutrition.

But, with Khrushchev s overthrow in 1964, Leonid Brezhnev lost no time in restoring orthodoxy and purging books that threatened the Party s reputation.

On this occasion, I cannot fail to mention that we followed with concern the course of discussions on United Nations reform, which briefly threatened to develop into a deep crisis.

After North Korea threatened to restart its nuclear facility at Yongbyon, the Bush administration in early October removed the country from its terrorism blacklist.

When Estonia resisted, Russia imposed sanctions and cut off gas supplies. The few Estonian products allowed into Russia were heavily taxed, and Russia even threatened military intervention.

The ECB announced OMT in response to last summer s panicked sales of southern European sovereign debt, which threatened to blow apart the eurozone.

United Kingdom with Portugal In late 1807, Spanish and Napoleonic forces threatened the security of continental Portugal, causing Prince Regent João, in the name of Queen Maria I, to move the royal court from Lisbon to Brazil.

Alas, the developments since have been threatening those gains and require that the Security Council once more be purposeful and innovative in ensuring that all concerned remain steadfast towards the attainment of the objectives of peace.

It had no choice with financial turmoil threatening to spread from small countries like Greece and Ireland to large ones like Italy and Spain, the euro s very survival was in growing jeopardy.

They assembled soon after 1 February 1856, when Russia accepted the first set of peace terms after Austria threatened to enter the war on the side of the Allies.

Inside the European Union, the ugly term PIGS (Portugal, Italy Ireland, Greece, Spain) is now a commonplace, denoting countries that have endangered the euro s stability and are forcing northern Europeans into costly bailouts.

The most recent precedent was the bipartisan agreement reached earlier this year on another fiscal issue that threatened to disrupt the normal functioning of government the absence of a formally approved budget for this year.

Later, when Jordan threatened to turn to the USSR for weapons, the U.S. agreed to sell tanks and jet aircraft to Jordan in order to prevent the spread of Soviet influence, and in return, agreed to sell similar systems to Israel.

Negotiations The Turkish military immediately threatened retaliatory measures, including closing Turkish airspace to US military flights, stopping the use of the southern Incirlik Air Base and sending more troops into northern Iraq.