Whether Ríos Montt can win is a topic of intense debate.

In such circumstances, liberal democracy and security are in tension.

Many other important concerns will feature in this year s intense negotiations.

US Russia relations have certainly taken a bit of a beating of late.

When I gave my consent to perform, there were no such tensions between Russia and Ukraine.

With a reformist regime in La Paz, it is difficult not to expect tensions with the Bush administration.

But her triumph is only part of an intense political debate of the sort France has not seen for decades.

After three hours of tense rounds, three of the top five finalists are non native Spanish speakers.

With all the attention devoted to strained transatlantic relations, it is easy to overlook how often our preoccupations overlap.

Robert Amsterdam Blog contextualized Ambassador McFaul's appointment amid ongoing tensions between Russia and the United States

Moreover, after 30 years of tension, preparations are under way for the exchange of ambassadors between Egypt and Iran.

I wonder if this stupid government is trying to reduce the number of foreign journalists in anticipation of the next two politically intense years.

Because an impasse beckons, it is vitally important to work on those areas where intensive negotiations have the potential to produce quick results.

But an engaged and active president may cause tension with the prime minister who, in the Turkish system, is the real chief executive.

During this time of tension, an increasingly self confident South Korea began to chart a course independent of its American patron.

Fake news creates impression and beliefs based on false premises leading to division, misunderstanding and further exacerbating otherwise strenuous relations.

Hatoyama s administration, however, is attempting to reverse the current plan, which the LDP administration and the US had agreed upon after long and intense discussions.

With alternatives to the status quo constrained, it has become clear that Israel is in a long transitional period in which old ideas don t work and a new approach is needed.

Far from avoiding conflicts and mediating existing tensions, Turkey under the AKP appears intent on stoking new conflicts and creating new frontlines.

ANKARA Cyprus is back on the international agenda, with leaders of the island s rival Greek and Turkish communities engaged in intense negotiations to resolve the divided country s status.

Of course, the overall cooling of political tensions reflects the collapse of another misconception of the Bush administration that the axis of evil is an irrational coalition interested only in spreading evil.

Taking note of the report of the Secretary General,A 60 153. in which it was stated that the Regional Centre continued to carry out its mandate under very strenuous financial and operational difficulties,

Her extended nostrils loudly inhaled and exhaled her breath, and she set back one of her finely pointed ears with a start, and stretched out her black firm lips toward Vronsky, as if wishing to catch hold of his sleeve.

Probably the sight of those strained arms, those muscles he had felt that morning when doing gymnastics, and the gleaming eyes, low voice and trembling jaws, convinced Vasenka more than the words.

The visual representation of Elliot and his mannerisms create such a high degree of emotional involvement that, in the most intense moments, it's not only the young members of the audience who start desperately bawling their eyes out, but also the adults.

This is revealed in the tensions that have existed between Poland, which fears domination by the EU s steering group, and Germany, which is reluctant to shoulder the financial burden for a union in which it is under represented.

Despite this, not many victims come forward to register complaints or report attacks to police due to insensitive questioning and social stigmas that come with being a survivor of sexual violence in India's highly patriarchal society.

A few hours ago, after a long day of heady hearings, a Guatemalan court opened a criminal case for genocide against Retired Military General Efraín Ríos Montt and ordered him detained under house arrest.

After 40 hours of strenuous negotiations, the South agreed to stop loudspeaker broadcasts into the demilitarized zone between the two countries, in exchange for the North expressing regret for the South Korean soldiers killed by a landmine blast in the DMZ three weeks earlier.