The Taliban remain a localized but serious threat in Afghanistan.

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Well, they didn't stop there they localized it into 18 different languages.

But what they were very good at doing was making it very localized.

I'm glad we didn't go there because there were some localized heavy rain showers.

If cancer was localized, we could likely remove it, or somehow you know, it's contained. It's very contained.

But these apparently localized incidents can be interpreted in a more threatening light when placed in a broader context.

In addition, such persecution would be localized and the complainant could therefore improve her safety by moving within the country.

The evaluation report recommended that a national strategy for expansion of FES should be developed before further localized expansion takes place.

Well, I think what part of the problem is that, in Haiti, although the problem is huge, somehow we understand it, it's localized.

Such a protocol would eliminate localized responses by individual nation states and replace it with a unified and consistent approach to acts of terrorism.

A series of highway robberies targeting humanitarian goods and personnel in several areas has also caused localized difficulties for both agencies and displaced populations.

In particular, factional clashes a prominent feature of insecurity three years ago have become a localized issue and are no longer a threat to national security.

Furthermore, the capacities of civic actors, traditional leaders, and the elected district councils should be enhanced to facilitate the peaceful resolution of localized conflicts and disputes.

Recent history has shown us that States weakened by conflict should not, and cannot, be considered a localized problem or one distant from our respective borders.

In the eastern Sudan and the three transitional areas of Abyei, Nuba Mountains and southern Blue Nile, the overall situation is calm although localized tensions persist.

Research needs Parties indicated a need for more research in several areas to allow them to monitor the localized effects of climate variability and climate change.

But these localized rituals become pan Andean, and these fantastic festivals, like that of the Qoyllur Rit'i, which occurs when the Pleiades reappear in the winter sky.

(a) Respiratory irritant effects (characterized by localized redness, edema, pruritis and or pain) that impair function with symptoms such as cough, pain, choking, and breathing difficulties are included.

As yet, however, these are small in scale and localized and it is unlikely that such schemes will have a major impact on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

The recent trends in the rates of HIV AIDS diagnosis in the indigenous population are based on relatively small numbers and may reflect localized occurrences rather than national patterns.

However, as there have been no further such occurrences since the end of April 2005, it is considered that this may have been a series of localized incidents over a limited period.

We hope that the Embrace infant warmer and other simple innovations like this represent a new trend for the future of technology simple, localized, affordable solutions that have the potential to make huge social impact.

What's actually happening is that what were previously localized parochialisms, individual or groupings of extremists who were isolated from one another, have become interconnected in a globalized way and have thus become, or are becoming, mainstream.

Hatred and violence against others seem to be manifested most powerfully as the result of fear they are survival reactions. The descent into barbarism generally occurs in the midst of economic crisis or when localized violence has already flared.

But the metamorphosis tends to go hand in hand with localized monetary contractions that exacerbate the correlated risk of sovereign default and bank failures. In Spain, as in Greece before it, the monetary squeeze has become chronic as banks run short of ECB eligible collateral.

Moreover, it is only a localized effort at rebalancing a global intellectual property (IP) regime that is tilted heavily toward pharmaceutical interests at the expense of social welfare. Indeed, there is a growing consensus among economists that the current IP regime actually stifles innovation.

They all exhibit the same, unchanging pattern the government, whether in Beijing or the localities, tolerates the low decibel, smaller scale, relatively non disruptive marches and sit ins by demonstrators bearing petitions and posters, especially if they appear to be spontaneous, un organized, localized and leaderless.

The standoff came to an end on May 6, as suddenly as it had started. India s foreign minister, having earlier termed the incursion a localized incident, had to change his tune under parliamentary pressure, and cautioned China that India might have to reconsider his projected visit to Beijing.

The effects of localized violence were also made clear in the survey 17 of Kurds, 41 of Shi ites, and 77 of Sunnis felt that life in Iraq is unpredictable and dangerous, a clear demonstration of the effects of the ongoing resistance that is centered in the Sunni Triangle.

He pointed out that, while rigid systems may seem more stable, they are not equipped to cope with unexpected shocks, making them fragile in the long run. By contrast, frequent exposure to localized, temporary volatility forces systems to become more dynamic and flexible, enhancing their capacity to thrive under pressure.

The Sierra Leone police are expected to train their full strength by 2006, and are able to deal effectively with localized internal threats. They are likely to be seriously challenged, however, particularly in the districts, in the event of a countrywide crisis, because of their deficiencies in communications and transport.

We may be in the early stages of reversing the trend toward increases in the size, scope, and centralization of government, with authority devolving on more localized environments, closer to where people live and work. More and more people seem to be increasingly unwilling to live by current government decision making processes.

The number of conflict affected people in Darfur has risen from 1,090,000 to more than 2,730,000, and the number of internally displaced persons from about 986,000 to 1,882,000, due in some measure to the return of some internally displaced persons to areas closer to their homes because of a perception of localized improvements in security.

The NGO representative spoke about two of FOCA's recent initiatives that included a recent conference in Portugal addressing Local Agenda 21 and localized development, and a campaign to optimize economic approaches to development in the Amazon region that stressed the importance of partnership development with local authorities and civil society in efforts to achieve the MDGs.

NEW DELHI In recent years, the People s Liberation Army has been taking advantage of its rising political clout to provoke localized skirmishes and standoffs with India by breaching the two countries long and disputed Himalayan frontier. The PLA s recent intensification of such border violations holds important implications for President Xi Jinping s upcoming visit to India and for the future of the bilateral relationship.

Second, household over indebtedness in the US, as well as the fall in demand, is localized, as my colleague Amir Sufi and his co author, Atif Mian, have shown. Hairdressers in Las Vegas lost their jobs partly because households there have too much debt stemming from the housing boom, and partly because many local construction workers and real estate brokers were laid off.

The Open Technology Institute at New America (which I head) is collaborating with the German Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI) on a series of transatlantic dialogues about security and freedom in the Digital Age. An initial report identifies 18 proposals from more than a dozen European governments on subjects including new undersea cables, encryption, localized data storage, domestic industry support, international codes of conduct, and data protection laws.

A quick review of the real estate market in the world leads to the conclusion that China s real estate market hasn't experience major crisis except for the localized crisis in Hainan Province as we mentioned before. This is because commercialization of property is a relatively recent phenomenon in China. However, it's alarming to note that the real estate crisis in the United States triggered a global financial tsunami in 2008, just a decade ago.