They want confrontations.

Cooperation is replacing confrontation.

Humans generally don't like confrontation.

If not, the region will be plunged into a hot confrontation.

Secondly, the conflict led to violent confrontation in the country.

Moreover, starting a bilateral confrontation is unwise.

Conservatives want not only to silence the reformers, but to provoke confrontation.

There were no chants, no cheers, no hints of confrontation.

Billions of dollars were poured into destruction and military confrontation between brothers.

Such double standards and selectivity would only increase confrontation in the area of human rights.

Nevertheless, most regions have generally avoided being drawn into the present confrontation.

The political leaders of Côte d'Ivoire must choose cooperation and dialogue rather than violence, provocation and confrontation.

So the real issue in the forthcoming Duma elections will be how powerfully regional elites confront Putin.

Either way, Iran s activities confront the world with difficult choices.

The thirst for vengeance after the Beslan school massacre makes confrontation between Chechens and Ingushis increasingly possible.

However, it also responded in kind to confrontation and had therefore refused to allow the visit by the Special Rapporteur.

It was a matter of urgency to take appropriate action, otherwise the human race would be dragged into a never ending confrontation.

This might be the last chance for Iran to change its nuclear policy, prevent military confrontation, and save the economy.

Moreover, rather than making it less difficult to reach agreements among the nations it fosters differences and confrontation.

This means, at the very least, a tough confrontation over Iran s quest for a regional strategic advantage in the form of a nuclear weapon.

Since his election in 1998, Chávez has made confrontation and incitement to violence his primary political tools.

Today, dialogue and cooperation between the big Powers, and the peaceful settlement of regional disputes, have replaced the confrontations of bipolarity.

He therefore urged those concerned to exercise self restraint and renounce their past policies aimed at confrontation.

But the danger that any conflict could escalate into a nuclear confrontation prevented reckless and dangerous behavior on both sides on more than one occasion.

This situation could, if we are not careful, lead to impatience, to intolerance, to irritation, to a lack of dialogue in short, to inevitable confrontation.

On the international scene, where we are witnessing a relentless confrontation between divergent interests, what place do we now give to the human dimension in relationships?

They could provoke confrontations, directed not only against me, but also against their own leaders who had signed the Roundtable agreements.

Not even Israel s staunchest allies will risk an indefinite confrontation with the entire international community by supporting Israel s territorial ambitions.

The response of the military leaders in Port au Prince was to disregard the Governors Island Agreement and openly confront the international community.

But Russia s self destructive confrontation with the West can be halted, and its centuries old debate between Westernizers and the Slavophiles put to rest once and for all.

Public debates across Eastern Europe soon started to exhibit a fierce confrontation between two different hidden memories the memory of the Holocaust and that of the communist terror and crimes.

In fact, it appears that the massive demonstrations against Ahmadinejad delayed their confrontation, since both the Supreme Leader and the president rallied publicly to defend the legitimacy of the election.

Russia already is in no position to confront the West Its economy is withering, and it lacks solid alliances capable of countering US power.

Furthermore, Mexican military and Marine corps are present in Monterrey intervening in the confrontations, and have targeted local authorities implicated in drug trafficking .

Failure to achieve change peacefully has pushed more and more communities across the Sudan into confrontation with the central authorities.

Despite the emergence of certain conflicts, the world is on the threshold of a new, more promising era in which dialogue and joint action seem to be prevailing over confrontation.

They will not do so any time soon, on any issue that may spring up, if it means confrontation with the ALBA countries. Fidel Castro knows this, and will take advantage of the democracies diluted commitment to human rights and democracy.

Formerly, the LDP and the Japan Socialist Party (JSP) disguised their ideological confrontation, at least publicly, while making deals under the table after behind the scenes negotiations.

It was pursuing a two pronged strategy making the argument that all was well in Kashmir (a blatant lie) and supporting ethnic confrontation in Pakistan.

It is not going to be an easy balancing act. If the Fund attaches tough German style conditions to its loans, it risks provoking immediate confrontation and default.

They will not do so any time soon, on any issue that may spring up, if it means confrontation with the ALBA countries.

It also puts city managers at odds with environmentalists, who campaign for restrictions on development to ease pressure on forests and watersheds.

Yes, he believes that Israel should end its policy of confrontation with the international community, and he truly wants a two state solution.

The convening of an Islamic National Assembly, through which our people will elect the future Head of State and Government, will enable Afghanistan to transform armed confrontation into political competition.

The expressions that identified and explained almost 40 years of tense relationships denoted confrontation, exclusion or, at best, uncomfortable coexistence of opposites.