• He obviously looks forward to sitting down with the Prime Minister tonight -- and continue to work together to address issues like Middle East peace and the threat that's posed by Iran.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • Because the states have police powers under the Constitution, Mr. Romney's plan posed no legal problems.

    WSJ: Review & Outlook: Obama's Running Mate

  • Trouble in even a peripheral country like Greece, whose GDP is less than a tenth of Germany's, posed dangers to all.

    ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

  • It's always posed as a stark alternative, as if there were a single European brain, or polity, that could take this decision.

    BBC: Italy: 'Hang on lads, I've got a great idea��'

  • He said Mrs Bercow's tweet posed a question and contained an implied statement of fact that Lord McAlpine was trending, but this was entirely neutral.

    BBC: Sally Bercow tweet 'pointed to Lord McAlpine'

  • That's the conundrum posed by this weekend's sting operation in which the News of the World, Britain's best-selling Sunday tabloid, set up a group of people who, it says, wanted to buy bomb-making material on behalf of a Saudi backer.

    ECONOMIST: Red mercury

  • Nish's attempted chip posed few problems for Smith as the first-half petered out.

    BBC: Sport - Football - Hibernian 1-1 St Johnstone

  • On Monday morning, the SDLP's Alban Maginness posed alongside other local elected representatives at the site with a giant copy of the new master-plan (a photographer captured the event but broadcasters weren't invited).

    BBC: Girdwood barracks development: devil in the detail?

  • Mr. Annan, who convened the meeting to help salvage a peace plan for Syria he brokered in April, warned that the country's deepening conflict posed "extreme dangers" to the region and the world, and reprimanded countries for competing agendas which have locked the international community in a stalemate while often fueling the violence inside Syria.

    WSJ: World Powers Reach Syria Compromise

  • In remarks today, China's central bank governor acknowledged the challenges posed by China's trade surplus, but Chinese officials insist currency reforms will take place over time.

    NPR: U.S. Treasury Secretary Arrives in China

  • Five years ago, at his sister's wedding, he'd posed for a family photograph, his father's arm slung behind his neck, fingers grasping his shoulder.

    NPR: Excerpt: 'The Cellist Of Sarajevo'

  • Partly based on Cronin's testimony and the conclusion that Reid posed a flight risk, U.S. District Judge Judith Dein denied bail for the British national and ordered that he be held in custody for further hearings.

    CNN: Judge denies bail to accused shoe bomber

  • The troubled economic environment in Europe and Nokia's weakened brand status posed challenges that were hard to overcome in just one quarter.

    ENGADGET: Gartner: Apple leads the way among smartphone vendors, Android sees slight decline

  • On Ashley's advice, I posed in front of the security camera to create a record for any detectives who would eventually search for me.

    WSJ: Merrill Markoe on a Dark and Lonely Road Trip | Traveler's Tale

  • Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson defended the move, saying Wachovia's failure would have posed a systemic risk, and that its sale prevented a "market disruption, " adding that the FDIC's action helped mitigate this risk, according to TradeTheNews.com.

    FORBES: Market Scan

  • On August 17th, in addition to cutting the discount rate which banks pay it for emergency lending, the Fed's rate-setters acknowledged that financial turmoil now posed a risk to America's economy.

    ECONOMIST: Monetary policy

  • But the scale of the threat was highlighted earlier this week when the chairman of China Mobile - the world's largest telecom carrier - said his firm was now more concerned about the challenge posed by Microsoft's Skype and Tencent's WeChat services than it was about competition from China's rival mobile networks.

    BBC: O2's Tu Go aims to challenge Skype and other Voip apps

  • But Obama's failure to address the challenges posed by that nation and by others sends a chilling message to America's allies and friends.

    FORBES: New Asia

  • America now wants more stringent inspection and verification of the North's missile and nuclear programmes, along with reductions in the threat posed by North Korea's armed forces, which are mostly massed along the border with the South.

    ECONOMIST: Elections in the chill from the North

  • The simulator, which Schneider launched in mid-2005, pretends that it's assigning freight and gathering orders based on a scenario posed to it by Schneider's analysts.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Senate leaders who have jurisdiction over health care entitlement programs called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and GlaxoSmithKline to explain what they knew about cardiovascular risks posed by the company's diabetes drug Avandia, and when.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • This comes after the government's drugs advisers found they posed dangerous risks to health.

    BBC: "Legal highs" mexxy and black mamba banned by government

  • The Norwich city fathers, however, were sufficiently astute in recognizing the important role which the Hospital might play in caring for the city's poor (who now posed a serious social problem).

    UNESCO: 2011 UK Memory of the World Register

  • Reid's delivery from out wide posed another problem for the Baggies after 29 minutes when keeper Scott Carson could only punch his cross on the head of the incoming Carlos Edwards, but he diverted his finish over the bar.

    BBC: West Brom 3-0 Sunderland

  • Just watch a video of Chris Ashton's try against Australia in November, if you need a reminder of the threat posed to Wales by England's backline.

    BBC: There's a Will for England's new breed

  • Since 1990, it has warned repeatedly about the growing risk Fannie and Freddie posed to U.S. taxpayers and the financial system.

    FORBES: Experts: Make Investment Bankers Share The Cost

  • The admission of Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar next month underscores the challenge posed by Vietnam's entrance two years earlier.

    CNN: RETOOLING ASEAN

  • For all the problems it has brought, the most serious threat posed by Wyoming's gas boom is that it will end.

    ECONOMIST: Natural gas in Wyoming

  • Depending on the customer's preference, pets can be posed with a skyward gaze, an extended paw or with eyes closed, seemingly asleep.

    NPR: Mo. Taxidermist Preserves Man's Best Friend

  • But to a degree not foreseen when Hagel arrived in Israel over the weekend, the threat posed by Syria's chemical weapons overshadowed Iran.

    NPR: Israeli Focus On Syria Gives Hagel Respite On Iran

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