He told the Jewish leaders Thursday that he would emphasize to Abbas that peace remains possible, though very difficult given the current climate in the region.
For all the good news, Europe accounts for a significant portion of the global solar market, and the current turmoil in the region could pose a problem for the firm and the broader industry.
Public finances were mostly in balance, public debt fell and the region ran a current-account surplus.
This will move the region from a current-account deficit to a surplus, causing the demand for dollars to subside.
"We are at the upper limit of what we can afford, " insisted the chief negotiator for the employers in the south-west region where the current strikes are taking place.
Decades after the meltdown, the mission of CCI is complicated by the fact that there is no real consensus on how many of the region's current problems can be directly attributed to Chernobyl.
The event aims at identifying the need for capacity building programmes in the region, review current and future plans for adapting strategies, and discuss how to best implement strategies at the community level.
And he will continue, as President, as he has over these past several weeks, and he will going forward, his intensive consultations with leaders in the region over the current period of unrest in the Muslim world.
Christian Aid warns that the current conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan -- a crisis summed up by some as the world's first "climate change war" as spreading desertification and water shortages contributed to clashes between the region's African farmers and nomadic Arabs -- could be a taste of a "nightmare scenario" set to be repeated elsewhere across Africa and the world.
With that in mind, looking at history and current reality by sector rather than region is a better angle.
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In fact, the rise in tensions masks an acknowledgment that the current architecture of power in the region cannot stand forever.
The scientists found that thanks to current levels of deforestation in the region, rainfall is 6-7 percent lower than it would be with full forest cover.
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One option would see the return of a dedicated news service for the region along with a weekly current affairs programme.
Turkey has the chance to play a pivotal role in the troubled Caucasus region, especially if its current efforts to repair relations with Armenia succeed.
They coordinate the implementation of ongoing regional efforts, discuss current unmet needs and deficiencies in the region, and explore potential cooperative efforts at filling those needs.
Even internationally, where health issues are not as prevalent, a key driver of growth has been McDonald's ability to develop new food products that cater to the current and changing lifestyles of a specific region.
But the current gloom and doom among investors in the region might yet prove overdone.
The Costa Rican president called for a review of the current approach to the drugs problem in the region.
Eli Lilly's CEO said European nations should pay more for new medicines as he warned that current low prices could threaten innovation in the region.
Then, too, it is important to consider how these achievements are weathering the US's new commitment to engage Damascus as a strategic partner, and what their current status bodes for the future of the region.
The elected chair of this first session, Danielle Mazzonis, noted in her closing remarks that the Scientific Council is off to a good start and the Council affirmed its readiness to help the Office fine-tune its strategy for addressing the challenges in the region, taking into consideration the current financial constraints that UNESCO finds itself in.
Before the current crisis, about 30% of the breakaway region's population was ethnic Georgian.
Analysts at the Milken Institute warn that a "pessimistic" projection of the current Asian contraction would leave the San Jose technology region dividing up a 3% smaller economic pie by the year 2000.
The alternative, for Bangladesh and the region, would make the country's current problems look like a cakewalk in comparison.
Darfur was a region already awash with military arms long before the current conflict erupted.
On current trends, it will be over 250 years before the region has universal access to both water and sanitation.
And because of the current lack of jobs and educational opportunities, many of the region's young leave at the first opportunity.
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Cisco sees the Asia Pacific region generating the most IP traffic by 2015, topping current regional leader North America.
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CDU's candidate for chancellor, comes from the region which explains why the east looms so large in the current campaign.
Rwanda's foreign minister threatened to withdraw the country's peacekeepers from the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur if the report were to be published in its current form.
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