Yet I would guess that not even everyone gathered in this well-informed room would be able to identify the crisis McCain was talking about.

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The tests are a key element in fighting Europe's debt crisis, intended to identify weak banks and ensure they are made robust enough to survive a possible default on government bonds by heavily indebted countries such as Greece.

BBC: Eight banks fail EU stress test with 16 in danger zone

The NSPCC has called for teachers and doctors to be trained to identify suicide distress signs before children reach crisis point, and wants therapy to be made available for all children who have suffered abuse.

BBC: Calls from suicidal young rising

All regulators, and especially the Federal Reserve, were accused of failing to identify the housing market bubble that preceded the financial crisis, and the new council will be charged with spotting such a build-up of risk in the financial system in future.

BBC: Q&A: US Senate's banking regulation bill

However, the families of these soldiers are not well equipped with mental health resources to identify the warning signs and signals that could help prevent suicides or other crisis issues.

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The Citigroup Global Markets case is yet another illustration that, no matter how much some in the press and the public might yearn to identify clear villains whose fraud is to blame for the meltdown in the CDO market and the resulting 2008 financial crisis, when you investigate the facts, that is not the reality.

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Despite the prominence of the eurozone crisis and the debate on the UK's EU membership, 57% of people did not correctly identify the fact that Britons elect members to the European Parliament.

BBC: House of Commons