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Under the extreme situation that the U.S. Imperialist is misusing its military influence and is pressuring other countries and people to start war and catastrophe, the only way for our people to protect sovereignty and rights to live is to strengthen the quality and quantity of nuclear power and realize the balance of power. – Kim Jung	Found on CNN 8 years ago
But under the conditions of warfare, weapons are going to have performance characteristics. And they're going to be very carefully fashioned for that purpose because it matters... You would cut somebody [ with a mata'a ], but they certainly wouldn't be lethal in any way. Related : Ancient Roman brooch contains' lovely' palindrome Some scientists have estimated, that, at its height, Easter Island’s population may have been as high as 20,000, but fell over centuries after the island’s trees and palms were cut down to build canoes and transport its famous giant statues. One theory suggests that the deforestation led to soil erosion, impacting the island’s ability to support wildlife and farming, and the collapse of its civilization. When the Dutch arrived at the island in 1722, its population was 3,000 or less. Only 111 inhabitants were living on Easter Island by 1877. Other experts, however, have questioned whether Easter Island ever supported a large population, citing instead the arrival of Europeans, who brought diseases and took islanders away as slaves. Related : Ancient 4,500-year-old boat discovered in Egypt What people traditionally think about Easter Island is being this island of catastrophe and collapse just isn't true in a pre-historic sense, populations were successful and lived sustainably on Easter Island up until European contact. – Carl Lipo	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It's causing a humanitarian catastrophe, it is strengthening the regime of Assad, and all that does is fuel extremists on both sides of the sectarian divide. – State John Kerry	Found on CNN 8 years ago
What happened is a catastrophe for the whole country, think about it: how can we now talk with out partners in the West, with our donors, after the minister comes out and says that the deputy head of the president's faction is corrupt. Who will want to speak with us after this? – Leonid Yemets	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I just want to emphasize how resilient the people of Flint are. They are proud. They love their community and their families. They just need our help. We all know this was literally a man-made crisis and is as much a catastrophe as any other kind of crisis. – Debbie Stabenow	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The state was aware of issues for far too many months before any action was taken, the state of Michigan created this catastrophe. – Gary Peters	Found on CNN 8 years ago
No citizen of this great state should endure this kind of catastrophe. Government failed you -- federal, state and local leaders -- by breaking the trust you placed in us. – Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder	Found on CNN 8 years ago
This is an incredibly important moment for the future of the organization. It will be a catastrophe for the organization if things do not go the right way, the most important thing is that we have to have a real, responsible leadership in FIFA, no matter what happens in the future, you have to have a leadership that can implement the right changes and that is what I am dedicated to doing. – Prince Ali	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The proportion of insured losses for catastrophes in developing and emerging countries remains very low, the insurance industry is exploring new avenues to close this gap in cover and thus to help people better cope with material losses after a catastrophe. – Munich Re	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This was a catastrophe that was a result of years and years of neglect. – Prime Minister Tamam Salam	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It is a crisis at the moment. It is going to be a catastrophe if this embargo continues. – Gobinda Bahadur Karki	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Preventing entire populations from getting access to basic information would be a human-rights catastrophe, particularly for areas of the world that are already war-torn. – Thomas Ristenpart	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The West blew up the situation in the Middle East and North Africa, and sowed chaos, bloodshed and a humanitarian catastrophe, measures must be taken to ensure nobody has the right to act like that in the world using such methods. – Valentina Matviyenko	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Revenue in dollars entering the country from oil and other things this year decreased 64 percent, nearly a financial catastrophe, if there were an oligarch sitting here, what would he have done? Frozen salaries, pensions? Would he have maintained (housing, welfare)? He would have said 'No, there are no more houses.'. – President Nicolas Maduro	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This is a human catastrophe unfolding before our eyes and it is a catastrophe that now threatens the integrity of a whole group of countries throughout the region. – State John Kerry	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We are facing the potential of a huge humanitarian catastrophe ... The levels of malnutrition that are being reported for children are extremely critical, a nutritional survey will be done at the end of October. How close are we to a famine declaration? We see some zones that are worse than others. – Afshan Khan	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I ask the Saudi Arabian government to take responsibility for this catastrophe and fulfill its legal and Islamic duties in this regard. – Hassan Rouhani	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I ask the Saudi Arabian government to take the responsibility of this catastrophe and fulfil its legal and Islamic duties in this regard. – Hassan Rouhani	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This pledge is a tragedy, a catastrophe, with this 25-30 percent commitment they are basically saying: 'Guys, we're staying in the 20th century with our carbon-centered technology'. – Vladimir Chuprov	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This is the major issue facing the industry today, and unless this is controlled, it will bring catastrophe for a long time. – Dudley Kingsnorth	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It's not a drought, it's a catastrophe. – Davjigbold Ariunbold	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It was a natural disaster but also a man-made catastrophe. – President Barack Obama	Found on CNN 8 years ago
That desire to get to Hungary - the first free Schengen territory beyond which travel is borderless - is so great that people will risk everything to continue on that route, hUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE. – Rados Djurovic	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I'm deeply concerned about global warming, i mean, it's 110 degrees right now in Rome. It's 90-plus in Portland, which never gets weather like that. We haven't dealt with it that much on the show in terms of verbalizing it, but this is a global-warming catastrophe show. As to people not really talking about it on the show, they've got bigger fish to fry. They've got to deal with the problem in front of them and try to solve it. – Hank Steinberg	Found on FOX News 8 years ago

Under the extreme situation that the U.S. Imperialist is misusing its military influence and is pressuring other countries and people to start war and catastrophe, the only way for our people to protect sovereignty and rights to live is to strengthen the quality and quantity of nuclear power and realize the balance of power.

– Kim Jung

Found on CNN
8 years ago

But under the conditions of warfare, weapons are going to have performance characteristics. And they're going to be very carefully fashioned for that purpose because it matters... You would cut somebody [ with a mata'a ], but they certainly wouldn't be lethal in any way. Related : Ancient Roman brooch contains' lovely' palindrome Some scientists have estimated, that, at its height, Easter Island’s population may have been as high as 20,000, but fell over centuries after the island’s trees and palms were cut down to build canoes and transport its famous giant statues. One theory suggests that the deforestation led to soil erosion, impacting the island’s ability to support wildlife and farming, and the collapse of its civilization. When the Dutch arrived at the island in 1722, its population was 3,000 or less. Only 111 inhabitants were living on Easter Island by 1877. Other experts, however, have questioned whether Easter Island ever supported a large population, citing instead the arrival of Europeans, who brought diseases and took islanders away as slaves. Related : Ancient 4,500-year-old boat discovered in Egypt What people traditionally think about Easter Island is being this island of catastrophe and collapse just isn't true in a pre-historic sense, populations were successful and lived sustainably on Easter Island up until European contact.

– Carl Lipo

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

It's causing a humanitarian catastrophe, it is strengthening the regime of Assad, and all that does is fuel extremists on both sides of the sectarian divide.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN
8 years ago

What happened is a catastrophe for the whole country, think about it: how can we now talk with out partners in the West, with our donors, after the minister comes out and says that the deputy head of the president's faction is corrupt. Who will want to speak with us after this?

– Leonid Yemets

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I just want to emphasize how resilient the people of Flint are. They are proud. They love their community and their families. They just need our help. We all know this was literally a man-made crisis and is as much a catastrophe as any other kind of crisis.

– Debbie Stabenow

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The state was aware of issues for far too many months before any action was taken, the state of Michigan created this catastrophe.

– Gary Peters

Found on CNN
8 years ago

No citizen of this great state should endure this kind of catastrophe. Government failed you -- federal, state and local leaders -- by breaking the trust you placed in us.

– Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder

Found on CNN
8 years ago

This is an incredibly important moment for the future of the organization. It will be a catastrophe for the organization if things do not go the right way, the most important thing is that we have to have a real, responsible leadership in FIFA, no matter what happens in the future, you have to have a leadership that can implement the right changes and that is what I am dedicated to doing.

– Prince Ali

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The proportion of insured losses for catastrophes in developing and emerging countries remains very low, the insurance industry is exploring new avenues to close this gap in cover and thus to help people better cope with material losses after a catastrophe.

– Munich Re

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This was a catastrophe that was a result of years and years of neglect.

– Prime Minister Tamam Salam

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It is a crisis at the moment. It is going to be a catastrophe if this embargo continues.

– Gobinda Bahadur Karki

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Preventing entire populations from getting access to basic information would be a human-rights catastrophe, particularly for areas of the world that are already war-torn.

– Thomas Ristenpart

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The West blew up the situation in the Middle East and North Africa, and sowed chaos, bloodshed and a humanitarian catastrophe, measures must be taken to ensure nobody has the right to act like that in the world using such methods.

– Valentina Matviyenko

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Revenue in dollars entering the country from oil and other things this year decreased 64 percent, nearly a financial catastrophe, if there were an oligarch sitting here, what would he have done? Frozen salaries, pensions? Would he have maintained (housing, welfare)? He would have said 'No, there are no more houses.'.

– President Nicolas Maduro

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This is a human catastrophe unfolding before our eyes and it is a catastrophe that now threatens the integrity of a whole group of countries throughout the region.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We are facing the potential of a huge humanitarian catastrophe ... The levels of malnutrition that are being reported for children are extremely critical, a nutritional survey will be done at the end of October. How close are we to a famine declaration? We see some zones that are worse than others.

– Afshan Khan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I ask the Saudi Arabian government to take responsibility for this catastrophe and fulfill its legal and Islamic duties in this regard.

– Hassan Rouhani

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I ask the Saudi Arabian government to take the responsibility of this catastrophe and fulfil its legal and Islamic duties in this regard.

– Hassan Rouhani

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This pledge is a tragedy, a catastrophe, with this 25-30 percent commitment they are basically saying: 'Guys, we're staying in the 20th century with our carbon-centered technology'.

– Vladimir Chuprov

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This is the major issue facing the industry today, and unless this is controlled, it will bring catastrophe for a long time.

– Dudley Kingsnorth

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's not a drought, it's a catastrophe.

– Davjigbold Ariunbold

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It was a natural disaster but also a man-made catastrophe.

– President Barack Obama

Found on CNN
8 years ago

That desire to get to Hungary - the first free Schengen territory beyond which travel is borderless - is so great that people will risk everything to continue on that route, hUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE.

– Rados Djurovic

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I'm deeply concerned about global warming, i mean, it's 110 degrees right now in Rome. It's 90-plus in Portland, which never gets weather like that. We haven't dealt with it that much on the show in terms of verbalizing it, but this is a global-warming catastrophe show. As to people not really talking about it on the show, they've got bigger fish to fry. They've got to deal with the problem in front of them and try to solve it.

– Hank Steinberg

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

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