And the violence has been self-censored by Al Jazeera, a tool of Qatar's government, which has intentionally reduced its coverage of Syria's bloody clashes provoking great anger among Syria's protestors according to The Economist.
In Washington, the clash provoked concerns among experts on Iraq, who worried that it might lead to an escalation of sectarian violence.
Attempts to tighten the fund's conflict-of-interest rules have failed in recent years, and in some cases provoked clashes, as when the state controller, Kathleen Connell, sued Calpers to strike down a set of rules limiting ex officio trustees' ability to raise campaign money.
The constant street clashes have provoked fissures in the Sandinista party, said Rafael Solís, a close adviser to Mr. Ortega and vice president of the Supreme Court.
We think that the clashes were provoked by the supporters of the former President Bakiyev in order to destabilise the situation before the referendum.
The clashes have provoked insults and accusations between the national and Buenos Aires city governments, while the rest of the Argentine population is nervously watching to see whether these are isolated incidents which the authorities can contain or the beginning of something much bigger and more serious.
Pyongyang said the clash was provoked by a South Korean military drill being conducted near the island.
And there is a small but real risk that the stand-off could result in a clash; that a clash could provoke a reprisal; and that tit-for-tat reprisals could become war.In this section Treading water Old brooms Heard in the hutong Blunt words and keen swords ReprintsThis could even, conceivably, embroil America.
This morning, both sides started out tense, after clashes on Thursday provoked by Mr. Sharon's visit.
The trial in which she was acquitted dominated French public life and even provoked clashes between leftist and right-wing street gangs.
