These are momentous developments.

Momentous, sure but China is not yet a superpower.

Will be a momentous achievement if it happens. YouthPower

China s rise is momentous, but it also signifies a return.

Following these momentous events Northern Ireland is suspended somewhere between optimism and hope.

What has happened in China economically in the last 25 years is momentous.

This is The Irrawaddy s photographic retrospective of a momentous year in Myanmar s history.

What appeared to be the most momentous scientific advance of 2005 is currently under siege.

As a bride, you get two (TWO) parties to celebrate the momentous occasion of marriage.

Real life often seems simply to tick on like that, regardless of headline news and momentous events.

But while Christian Democracy got nowhere politically between the World Wars, momentous changes were initiated in Catholic thought.

It is a decision of momentous consequence not just for the US, but also for the world economy.

Rich country households have suffered a momentous loss of wealth (amounting to tens of trillions of US dollars).

But should any one of the resolutions on my list come to pass, the result would be momentous.

For Ukraine, the situation is more uncertain, but momentous decisions about its future are also about to be made.

But as a young journalist writing about an extraordinary moment in my country it was momentous for my career.

Critical reactions throughout the day pointed to the fact that Iran should also endeavour toward national reconciliation following the momentous international one.

But Mirziyoyev dangled the prospect of something potentially even more momentous when he spoke about Uzbekistan s potential involvement in Kyrgyz hydropower projects.

Aside from lessons that Japan must learn from its momentous decision, is there something to be learned by the United States as well?

There is a widespread desire for change, including a change of government, but there is an equally widespread belief that nothing momentous will happen.

Some saw this as a simple acknowledgement of reality, but in fact it was a momentous step that required diplomatic skill and political courage.

In looking back at 1989, we are, in effect, looking forward from that year s momentous events at the very different legacies that they produced.

T.S. Eliot once said, One of the most momentous things that can happen to a culture is that they acquire a new form of prose.

The rules of this game are much simpler than Varoufakis expected because of a momentous event that occurred in the same week as the Greek election.

This momentous shift reflects the decimation of the FARC following long years of struggle, the resilience of Colombian society, and, perhaps most important, Santos s brilliant regional policy.

That is something to think about as this decade draws to a close and as the chance for humanity to take another momentous leap forward appears to be slipping away.

Only a unified, comprehensive approach can manage the forces driving momentous change in the Middle East, prevent outside powers rivalries from complicating the situation further, and ensure a peaceful outcome.

JERUSALEM The pattern of policymaking in the Middle East, as it was defined since President Bush s axis if evil speech of January 2002, is undergoing a momentous change of direction.

Trapped in a momentous struggle between the forces of peaceful change and those committed to Doomsday, the Middle East is once again calling for a major international effort at peacemaking.

In countries like Afghanistan, where 80 of the population lives on what they grow and many communities live far from any water source, environmental damage can be both economically devastating and politically momentous.

The past couple of weeks have been among the most momentous periods since our reunification with China in 1997, and it has left me in the hot seat as Hong Kong s Acting Chief Executive.

One can only regret that the media seem less interested in this exciting and momentous story, which has the potential to help millions of children, than in Madonna s adoption of a single Malawian infant.

One can only regret that the media seem less interested in this exciting and momentous story, which has the potential to help millions of children, than in Madonna s adoption of a single Malawian infant.

Al Qaeda s move to the Levant also threatens to spark a momentous confrontation between Sunni radicals some of whom have recently taken control of part of the Syrian Lebanese border and the Shia Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Why did Japan initiate such a seemingly self destructive war in the first place? Aside from lessons that Japan must learn from its momentous decision, is there something to be learned by the United States as well?

Denied their Iraqi and Afghan bases by Western intervention, al Qaeda militants are now flocking into Syria from Libya and Iraq, and are probably responsible for some of the recent terrorist atrocities in Aleppo and Homs. Al Qaeda s move to the Levant also threatens to spark a momentous confrontation between Sunni radicals some of whom have recently taken control of part of the Syrian Lebanese border and the Shia Hezbollah in Lebanon.