Sentence examples for is nearing collapse from inspiring English sources

Hamas, meanwhile, is running a parallel government in Gaza, where an already impoverished economy is nearing collapse because Israel has closed cargo crossings to all but emergency aid.

(Agence France-Presse) CONGO: WARNING ON PEACE ACCORD The presidential affairs minister of Zambia, Eric Silwamba, warned that the peace effort in Congo is nearing collapse because fighting has intensified in recent weeks.

The bluefin is nearing collapse, and its abundant misfortune is passed on to countless other creatures — the unwanted fish, turtles and seabirds killed as bycatch, the immense tonnage of smaller fish vacuumed up to fatten captured bluefin in Mediterranean "farms".

The evacuation of Gaza was met with great public support a year ago; now Olmert's plan to remove seventy thousand settlers, about a quarter of the total, from the West Bank — without negotiating their repatriation with the Palestinians — is nearing collapse.

But the message was clear: Some countries, notably in Europe, believe that Israel has been unduly harsh toward the Palestinians -- firing on young protesters disproportionately, singling out Islamic extremists for assassination, and restricting the movement of ordinary people to such an extent that Palestinians say their economy is nearing collapse.

The case against Mr. Moussaoui, the only person charged in an American court with conspiring in the Sept. 11 terror attacks, is nearing collapse because of the government's refusal to comply with a ruling by Judge Leonie M. Brinkema that would allow Mr. Moussaoui to interview a captured member of Al Qaeda.

Up close, those American flags are nearing collapse.

At the same time, the Soviet Union, whose leaders had long had a mutually profitable partnership with De Beers, was nearing collapse.

Today's ruling overturned order No. 10 of the Soviet defense ministry, issued as the Communist system was nearing collapse.

Civilians are not being protected as envisioned, Colonel Qaddafi isn't folding, and as tribes threaten to enter the fray, Libya may be nearing collapse.

Stocks fell sharply after the retail sales report was released early in the day, and a large investment fund said it was nearing collapse.