Questions of where consideration for the individual ends and the rights of the majority begin remain valid ones in the face of limited resources.
The Ulster Unionist approach as talks began remained a demand for a start to IRA decommissioning before Sinn Fein could take up its two places in the executive.
American shares, where the trouble all began, remain up on the year.
A Cairo human rights lawyer, Ragia Omran, estimates that perhaps 1,000 Egyptians who have been arrested by the military since the protests began remain in detention today.
Despite reports of Iranian assistance to fleeing members of the Taliban or Al Qaeda, the Taliban's cultural and ideological links to Pakistan, where their movement began, remain far stronger than to Iran.
Because it brought many firms to the brink of bankruptcy, because many had trouble meeting payroll in 2009 and found no financial support when they went to banks for help, managements to this day, five years after the upturn began, remain extremely risk shy.
Ms. Begun remained critical.
The day before Bo Xilai's trial was to begin, it remained unclear how much would even be open to public scrutiny.
After hostilities began he remained the great choreographer of enthusiasm and resolve.
The number of homes being offered before construction begins has remained close to level for two years at a little more than a quarter of the peak.
