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Israel’s occupation of Arab lands in that war, and its subsequent deployment of military forces amidst the Arab population of the West Bank and close to the powerful military machines of Egypt in the south and Syria in the north, exposed it to Palestinian terrorism from the east.
Mikhail Gorbachev could only have done what he did amidst a crisis of confidence.
What Singh, Lula, and other world leaders really seem to want is to strengthen trust and cooperation even amidst a rapidly changing economy.
Rainer Maria Rilke heard the voice of a "terrible angel" amidst the sound of a crashing sea after living alone in a castle for two months.
Third, diplomacy cannot survive, much less thrive, amidst a deterioration of the day-to-day circumstances on the ground.
But amidst this uncertainty, there are some things we do know.
At the foot of the slope, just next to the appalling semi-open-air toilets, were the “Africans,” amidst whose tents runs filth from up the slope.
Amidst a crumbling economy, the country remains belligerent, using its Lebanese proxy, Hezbollah, to launch at least one successful drone flight above Israel and reportedly initiating recent cyber attacks.
If ASEAN is not allowed a mediating role, the Thai-Cambodian spat may wind its way back to the United Nations Security Council, which earlier delegated the issue to ASEAN amidst heavy lobbying by Cambodia and Thailand.
Of course, listeners must strain to hear the voices of reformists amidst the din of those calling for resistance to the enemy and a return to the pure sources of Islam.
Two months ago, Bank President Paul Wolfowitz resigned amidst an extraordinary staff mutiny and governance debacle.
Amidst this undeniable progress, however, remain widespread poverty, disease, and illiteracy.
Unemployment amidst plenty incites distress that statistics cannot capture.
Instead of addressing the central paradox of contemporary Indian society – poverty amidst plenty – India’s government has buried its head in the sand.
Amidst so much uncertainty, anything is possible.
But one breakthrough at the summit is undeniable: amidst all the talk of economic growth and exchange rates, a new statistic appeared on the agenda of the world’s richest countries: extinction rates.
But leaders, struggling to cope with this challenge even amidst economic crisis, need to know that there is also “a way.”
True, neither of Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s two predecessors left amidst scandal as he did.
Growth is the only viable solution to all this, but it is nowhere to be seen amidst state controls and rampant corruption.
People who live in a society they hate, amidst people they despise, cannot contribute to a shared future.
If, amidst the indifference of the world, Funes chose to play fast and loose with it, Livingstone would be proven wrong: voting can change much, and sometimes for the worse.
Yet, amidst the news reports over the past few months of financial fraud, bloodshed in India and Gaza, and global economic disasters, one item stood out for its bravery and nobility.
In July, amidst the turmoil surrounding the judicial flip-flopping on his candidacy, busloads of his followers--including paramilitaries armed with machetes and guns--entered the capital and attacked groups of people critical of the general.
And, in what must be music to the industry’s ears, an Obama administration official declared that even amidst the highest food prices the world has seen, there is “no reason to take the foot off the gas” on biofuel.
Renewing Europe’s Security DialogueATHENS – The year 2009 has been one of great change, taking place amidst even greater uncertainty.
With that, amidst roars of victory, an era was ended, reaffirming the old saying that “the graveyards of the world are full of those who considered themselves indispensable to their nations.”
Amidst the celebrations and the soul-searching, no meaningful breakthrough in the deadlocked Israeli-Palestinian negotiations is visible.
Amidst one of the gravest crises in its history, America has proven to itself and the world its ability to reinvent itself.
Its infrastructure systems might be adequate to support the country’s tepid 3-4% growth rates, but they are hardly adequate to support the 6-7% rates that it ought to be enjoying amidst the current global boom.
One factor stands out amidst this deterioration: the refusal of the United States to continue to play its traditional role in the world.
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