Still, the confrontation intensifies.
There seemed to be growing concern that the confrontation could intensify if Beijing decided to press for more concessions.
With chances for a negotiated settlement appearing remote, violent confrontations between loyalist and opposition forces intensified.
The death intensified the confrontation between the Russian authorities and Hermitage Capital Management, whose owner, William F. Browder, an American-born investor, has been charged in absentia with tax fraud.
Chávez intensified the confrontation, investing large sums of money in a state-media system in which he could broadcast the successes of his government and offset the counterrevolutionary press.
He would have to manage risks military confrontation with Russia, an intensified refugee crisis, a loss of momentum against ISIS that Obama studied at great length and concluded to be unmanageable, at least at a cost consistent with American interests.
He would have to manage risks — military confrontation with Russia, an intensified refugee crisis, a loss of momentum against ISIS — that Obama studied at great length and concluded to be unmanageable, at least at a cost consistent with American interests.
The intensifying confrontation between Iran and the west has driven petrol prices up 25 cents per gallon since mid-December.
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The outside world may be focused on Iran's intensifying confrontation with the West over its nuclear program.
But Secretary General Kofi Annan, watching Washington's confrontation with Saddam Hussein intensify, has quietly urged his organization to accelerate its preparations to handle a major postwar crisis in Iraq.
