Many countries used soaring oil revenues to buy weapons, but a sharp drop in the price of oil has cast doubts on their ability to continue heightened defence spending.
Continued heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula are starting to have financial implications.
Meanwhile in Britain, the game of Russian roulette played out by young drug users every night continues apace, with the risks continually heightened by the introduction of ever more dangerous drugs, such as PMA, which killed 23 people last year.
This continuing dialogue, heightened by endlessly televised news about the conflict, served as a dramatic backdrop for our three-generation trip.
Only with continued and heightened international support will UNICEF be continue to be able to improve conditions for women such as Khadega in camps like Mornei.
At Tan Tan airport, security officials continued their heightened checks on new arrivals and departures, as the Marrakech climate summit continued, a world away.
MOSCOW — An Estonian court convicted a former high-ranking security official of treason on Wednesday for passing on sensitive information from the Estonian government and NATO to Russia, in a case that has heightened fears of a continued security threat by Russian intelligence networks in Europe.
The parade of justice has continued, under heightened security but unabated, since the Sept. 11 attacks.
But he added, "Regardless of who owns the plant, I would expect continued N.R.C. heightened oversight".
"This is family terrorism and has a huge impact on our economy, and based on that we really must see that continued and heightened support and focus," she said.
Exercises to test a newly-installed American command-and-control facility in Qatar are to be held next week, with Mr Rumsfeld in attendance.British and American aircraft, meanwhile, continued their heightened patrolling, and bombing, of the so-called no-fly zones that cover two-thirds of Iraq's territory.
