• "The cease-fire enabled us to conduct disease surveillance with the freedom of movement, not fearing land mines and getting shot, " said Dr. Nabil Azziz, who coordinated Sudan's national Guinea worm eradication program until 2007.

    CNN: Guinea worm a greater challenge than smallpox

  • But FA officials were not in favour of holding the congress fearing that their leader, Justice Tolla Thompson would be impeached for turning the association into a limited company.

    BBC: Clubs boycott Sierra Leone FA Cup

  • The city anchors a region of about five million that also is undergoing some changes that those fearing a condo-bust may not grasp, said George Carras, president of RealNet Canada.

    WSJ: Deal of the Week: A High-Rising Exposure

  • One of them, fearing he will not be able to leave soon, started selling ham and cheese sandwiches to other immigrants to cover his expenses.

    BBC: Brazil immigrants face long wait at border town

  • Many current residents, fearing the loss of community character, are not rolling out the welcome wagon.

    ECONOMIST: Housing

  • He asked us not to contact the Iraqi army to confirm details of his detention, fearing that they might arrest him again.

    CNN: Ex-inmate recalls days of abuse at Abu Ghraib

  • The two reunited at the end of December, however, fearing that a divided Fatah may not be able to fight off the challenge from Hamas.

    BBC: FATAH

  • By the time Bridge arrived at the Frick mansion, a modern-day palace that its owner had vowed would make Carnegie's place look like a hovel, Bridge would have been beside himself, not only wondering as to the contents of the message he carried, but fearing the response of the man to whom it was addressed.

    NPR: Excerpt: 'Meet You In Hell'

  • Fearing a repetition of events in Europe, small-business owners are not likely to hire and expand and invest in a future that is so uncertain.

    FORBES: What Entrepreneurs Can Teach World Leaders About Debt

  • Some of the Arab refugees who fled Palestine during the war reported fearing not only the Jewish forces, but also being branded collaborators by the mufti if they stayed.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

  • Democrats, fearing the money will not be applied to education priorities, have resisted the idea of block grants since the Republicans came to power in early 1995, arguing the federal government must monitor how federal funds are put to local use.

    CNN: Bush impatient with Congress on education bill

  • That was the beauty of a game that was real but not too real: unlike Billy Martin, I could sit Reggie down without fearing the wrath of George Steinbrenner.

    FORBES: Strat-O-Matic Turns 50

  • Reinares said French security services had asked their Spanish counterparts not to share intelligence on the suspected cell with the Spanish judiciary, fearing that open exposure of such information in court -- as required by Spanish law -- could blow the whole operation.

    CNN: Spain 'al Qaeda cell' may have targeted Gibraltar

  • Mr Cross, for one, hopes it does not, fearing round-the-clock shopping's threat to the environment, to a sense of community, and to democracy itself.

    ECONOMIST: Economic history

  • It is not surprising that investors and credit-rating agencies view the prospect of a hung parliament with alarm, fearing that the lack of firm leadership will delay fiscal retrenchment.

    ECONOMIST: A briefing on the British election

  • The car had a governor on it because I drove it inside of a building, but I could imagine going 30 miles per hour in it and not fearing for my life.

    FORBES: Toyota's Single-Seater Electric Car You Can Park In Your Kitchen

  • The result was 60 votes in favour of dissolution, and only six against, because Mr Netanyahu, sensing certain defeat and fearing defections on both the moderate and the hardline wings of his coalition, ordered coalition members not to take part.

    ECONOMIST: Israel

  • After voters returned a divided government to power, investors took flight, fearing that Democrats and Republicans may not be able to reach a compromise on the fiscal cliff before a series of tax increases and spending cuts start Jan. 1.

    FORBES: Move up http://i.forbesimg.com t Move down

  • Dr Schulton said that the demands of the tourist industry - fearing television pictures of oil-filled beaches - meant that "sound" planning in environmental terms was not carried out.

    BBC: NEWS | Science/Nature | Oil spills 'should go to beaches'

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