Word: friction
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...Even more vexing are the estimated 800 tunnels linking Gaza (from the town of Rafah) with Egypt, whose border is closed due to friction between Cairo and Hamas. The tunnels are critical conduits not only for weapons but also medicine and food, including live goats and sheep. The occasional bombing along the border is not thought to accomplish much; Israel's US-made bunker-busting bombs would not do much damage to tunnels that are 70-100 feet deep. If tunnels are located - as they were in Israel's latest ground operation in Gaza in January - they are not easily...
...only hurdle that stands in the way of China's interest in buying car-company assets in the West is the potential desire of governments in the U.S. and E.U. to block buyouts. That could cause trade friction, but it raises a much greater issue. When there is not enough money to go around, which assets will be protected? The economy has created a situation where many critical industries will have to suffer a substantial number of bankruptcies unless their governments step in. Or their governments can let the Chinese buy them which would likely preserve jobs...
...personal trainer, served as the treasurer for Harvard Unite for Sight, and she runs for the Harvard track team.So what can’t she do?She is allergic to exercise, she has dislocated both her hips numerous times, she is allergic to the cold, heat, pressure and friction, and has chronic sinusitis and bronchitis. But despite all of these things, the senior still managed to find the drive–and the time–to be one of Harvard’s top sprinters the past three years.“She is an incredible student-athlete...
...everybody here," says Hossein Madani, an MEK spokesman and liaison to the Iraqi government. "There is an Iranian agenda that wants Ashraf residents out of Iraq." That may be, but government officials say the camp's closure is also in Iraq's national interest. "We do not want any friction with our neighbors," Rubaie says. The days when Iraq was used as a base to launch attacks against its neighbors, whether by the MEK along the eastern border with Iran, or by the Kurdish separatist PKK along the northern border with Turkey, are over, he says...
...economic czar seems to have the respect of Japan's powerful bureaucracy, which matters: longstanding friction between politicians and bureaucrats has become an obstacle to Japanese recovery. And with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development expecting the Japanese economy to contract by 6.6% in 2009, Yosano will need all the friends, and help, he can get. Patience and strategic sense works for go; Japan's economic mess demands no less...