She keeps a brave face for a while, welcoming us to her house and presenting us with sweets while calling her son a batal (hero).
While welcoming business undertakings by their neighbors, they are suspicious of outsiders' cashing in.
While welcoming safer, cleaner streets, longtime residents have found themselves juggling conflicting emotions.
While welcoming in the new Yugoslavia, it is worth remembering why the old one was turfed out eight years ago.
While welcoming the honour, Frayn was keen to stress that "it's not really autobiography; it's a memoir of my father.
While welcoming Serbian cooperation in the talks, she finds that Serbia still presents obstacles to the stability and European integration of the region.
While welcoming this specific measure, the Ramadhan Foundation's chief executive Mohammed Shafiq criticised the overall message Mr Cameron was sending out.
While welcoming the extension to the scheme, Migrant Rights Centre Ireland said some migrant fishermen seeking permits have been dumped by their employers.
While welcoming the season's first, late snowfall, we might stop and reflect on the causes of its lateness -- and be thankful that it has finally appeared.
While welcoming the move, they expressed concern that Peru might face a period of unrest and voiced uncertainty about what role its influential army might play.
While welcoming the commission, Turner does not advocate a crude breakup of banks into retail and investment businesses, as has been suggested by the coalition.
