We are aware that your heart is strained by what they say.

We are aware that your heart is strained by what they say.

Brotherly tempers started to get strained.

Education is the key to giving strained populations hope for a better future.

As a result, the existing law is here on strained terms with an established practice.

The Appeals Chamber is bound to be strained as trials are completed by both the ICTR and the ICTY.

During the reporting period, the political situation in the country remained strained.

President Barack Obama recently journeyed to Moscow in order to reset strained United States Russian ties. The European Union, though not in need of a reset because of strained ties with its eastern neighbors, is involved in a deep strategic reconstruction of those relations.

Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.

The recent violence in Khartoum and Juba undoubtedly strained intercommunal relations in those two cities.

In some countries, debt servicing has strained valuable resources that could otherwise be channelled to development.

Although Mr. Hariri carefully avoided this debate, his relations with President Emil Lahoud, who is generally described as the favourite of the Syrian Arab Republic, were strained.

It should be noted by way of context that political relations between the two countries were seriously strained at that time.

She spoke of the strained relations between the Cayman Islands and the administering Power and of the ever increasing disparity of their interests.

Comments from Washington considered that the move could irritate China on the occasion that the relations between China and the United States were strained.

At the Phi Phi Hill Resort, I was tucked into the corner furthest away from the television, but I strained to listen for information.

UNHCR continues to stress that even when reception systems may be strained by a large number of arrivals, the maintenance of proper procedures is vital to ensure the assessment of persons with legitimate protection concerns.

Even where reception systems may be strained by large numbers of illegal arrivals, it remains essential that proper procedures are in place to assess status.

When he saw that he didn't prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled.

When he saw that he didn't prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled.

Accordingly, calls for German leadership will disappear and its strained public finances will suppress requests for financial transfers. One wonders how the discussion about leadership for Europe will look then?

As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, we are not enemies but friends. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.

Li Yunqiang, who came first, looked relaxed and waved to his supporters with smile, while the follower, Zhangzhaoliang, appeared nervous and put on a strained smile. Both of them didn't speak.

This has been officially admitted, so why reopen the ghastly business now, at a time when rescinding the apology would make Japan s already strained relations with China and South Korea many times worse?

This incident highlights the need to effectively address the strained relationship between the two security forces, including through a clear definition of their respective roles and disciplinary action against those responsible for the latest incident.

Such deep theoretical conflicts have real world consequences, as they impede constructive debate and cooperative action in crisis situations. Fundamental ideological divisions over the 2003 Iraq war have strained global politics for more than a decade.

Nevertheless, the rapid pace of urbanization has strained the capacity of Governments to provide adequate services to urban dwellers and the number of persons living in slums has been rising, amounting to about 900 million today.

Nevertheless, in this highly volatile security context, the capacity of the United Nations force is severely strained with the addition of new responsibilities resulting from Security Council resolutions 1572 (2004) and 1584 (2005), as well as the redeployment of the force imposed by the events of November 2004.

The bitter dispute within the Eurogroup (comprising the eurozone countries finance ministers) not only strained relations among the monetary union s members, but also fueled tensions within national governments. Many European leaders are still smarting and licking their wounds.

Its fiscal weakness limits its ability to act as global policeman. Despite the relatively costless overthrow of the Qaddafi regime, America s prolonged interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq have severely strained the public s tolerance for an active foreign policy.

Those efforts have sometimes been strained by a lack of adequate international financing for relief efforts, at other times by adverse weather or Darfur's weak infrastructure, and often by security failures resulting from armed groups' lack of commitment to the ceasefire.

Unsurprisingly, high payroll taxes strained the capacity of working people and mounting non wage labor costs eroded companies' international competitiveness. For a while, borrowing hid the extent of the problem but today the extent of the burden that the accumulated debt that resulted from this borrowing is placing on future generations a grave injustice in its own right is clear.

Ties between China and Japan, Asia's two largest economies, have been strained of late after a growing number of Chinese coastguard and other government ships sailed near disputed islets in the East China Sea, called the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China.

Moreover, we must remember that budgets were already strained before the crisis, and that governments balances do not reflect all aspects of reality. In Germany, for example, overall debt jumps from the current 65 of GDP to 250 when pension liabilities are included.

Indeed, strained by decades of governmental failure to curb massive unemployment, the French are nowadays often perceived as having retired from the political sphere to concentrate on their lives and leisure. Museums, gardening, clubs of all sorts are blossoming in today s France.

The EU is hardly powerless to address the tragic situation in and around the Mediterranean. The new European Commission, Council, and Parliament should be able to uphold the EU s humanitarian obligations by reducing the number of deaths at sea, thereby setting the stage for a more reasonable public debate about migration, while improving strained relations with Africa.

Indeed, Asia is one of only two continents, along with Africa, where regional integration has yet to take hold, largely because political and cultural diversity, together with historical animosities, have hindered institution building. Strained political relations among most of Asia s sub regions make a region wide security structure or more effective resource cooperation difficult to achieve.

Human growth has strained the Earth's resources, but as Johan Rockstrom reminds us, our advances also give us the science to recognize this and change behavior. His research has found nine planetary boundaries that can guide us in protecting our planet's many overlapping ecosystems.

Given the two countries long strained relations, this visit would have been remarkable at any time. But coming as it does only one month after the alarming Russian Georgian confrontation, it may offer real hope that tensions in the volatile Caucasus region can be eased.

Given the two countries long strained relations, this visit would have been remarkable at any time. But coming as it does only one month after the alarming Russian Georgian confrontation, it may offer real hope that tensions in the volatile Caucasus region can be eased.

In the similar circumstances of a financial meltdown in 1931, there were also only a limited number of governments that could be effective. The old economic superpower, Britain, was too exhausted and strained to help anyone else.  World s reserves were massively accumulated in the US.

Despite the recent return to Russia of the icon of Our Lady of Kazan that once hung in John Paul s bedroom, relations between the Vatican and the Patriarchate remain strained. So Putin, who usually seems omnipotent, remains wary of issuing an invitation to Pope Benedict.

With the prospects of return continuing to deteriorate, prolonged displacement may well become permanent. Should levels of displacement remain high, as appears likely, the humanitarian crisis may deepen further, especially because strained local resources have led some governorates to begin refusing to admit displaced people.

LONDON Ever since the United Kingdom joined the European Economic Community in 1973, after the French withdrew Charles de Gaulle s veto of its membership, Britain s relationship with the European integration process has been strained. The British are reluctant Europeans, for historical and cultural reasons.

In the similar circumstances of a financial meltdown in 1931, there were also only a limited number of governments that could be effective. The old economic superpower, Britain, was too exhausted and strained to help anyone else. World s reserves were massively accumulated in the US.