Craig Bidois, a former UN security advisor who runs the New Zealand-based travel security firm Fear Free, said governments take many factors into consideration before instituting a travel warning, and crime is more likely to precipitate a travel warning if foreign nationals have been actually singled out as targets.

BBC: Central America��s shift in safety

Spurs were pinned back and Strihavka hit the woodwork, while Ivana saw a curling 22-yard free-kick palmed away by Robinson as Slavia scented a goal and some fear from the home side.

BBC: Tottenham 1-1 Slavia Prague

Publishers fear that if readers realize they can borrow e-books for free from their local library, they might not buy them as much.

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Free-traders hope they will not demand too much, for fear of killing the Doha round and attracting the blame.

ECONOMIST: It is make-or-break time this spring for global trade talks

The farmers have much to gain from the proposed Free-Trade Area of the Americas, which Brazil's industrialists fear.

ECONOMIST: Brazil

They fear a repetition of the heavy-handed and only partially successful operation by the Philippine army in April and May to free Filipinos held hostage by Abu Sayyaf on the nearby island of Basilan.

ECONOMIST: The Philippines