Ms. Quinn spoke of recent shootings in Harlem and elsewhere.
In a description of the call, the White House said Biden and the king spoke of "recent negative developments in Bahrain and their implications for the wider region".
The wording represented an upgrade from the report of the previous month, when the government spoke of recent signs of a pickup but also commented that weaknesses remained in some areas.
Sirleaf spoke of recent ocean finds — not only off the coast of Ghana, but even closer by, in the waters of Sierra Leone and, in the most nascent way, off Liberia's own beaches — as signs of arriving transfiguration.
Mr. Thompson, 47, spoke of recent reports about misbehavior by staff members in Mr. Hynes's office, among them allegations that prosecutors there manipulated witnesses in multiple murder trials.
Obama also mentioned political prisoners several times, spoke of recent ethnic violence largely directed against the Rohingya Muslim minority and stressed the need to embrace diversity as he said the US had done.
Obama also mentioned political prisoners several times, spoke of recent ethnic violence largely directed against Rohingya Muslim minority and stressed the need to find peace and embrace diversity as the US had done.
"De Beers has succeeded in drying up the diamond supply, which is creating a demand for stones," Mr. Zucker said, speaking of recent moves made to withhold gems from the market by De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd., the South African mining and industrial company that controls 80percentt of the world diamond trade.
Chen told Reuters on Thursday from hospital, where he was being treated for a broken foot, that he had changed his mind after speaking to his wife, who spoke of recent threats made against his family.
