Who'll get the brunt this time?

Civilians bore the brunt of continued fighting in Colombia.

In Africa, small farmers bear the brunt of this risk.

Women and girls generally bear the brunt of home based care.

And these people are the people who take the brunt of it.

Small farmers, predominantly in developing countries, will bear the brunt of climate change.

In that case, Germany would bear the brunt of the rise in unemployment.

The smaller and more coastally oriented islands would bear the brunt of sealevel rise.

The southern side takes the full brunt of everything the ocean throws at it

There areas continue to bear the brunt of Pakistan's engagement in the War on Terror.

The health sector bears the greatest brunt of the 14 years armed conflict in Liberia.

In almost all countries, the state still shoulders the brunt of the burden of education funding.

Women had borne the greater brunt of the resulting rise in unemployment and diminished job opportunities.

It was women who bore the first brunt of coping with these changes within the household.

Hudud, which met the brunt of the criticism, is a punishment ordained by the Holy Quran.

Levels of HIV infection among adolescents are significant, with young females experiencing the brunt of HIV transmission.

Of course, the brunt of the costs of injury and death is borne by soldiers and their families.

Climate injustice must be redressed, as developing countries bear the brunt of the impact and face massive adaptation costs.

Children, in particular, are most vulnerable to war and famine and bear the brunt of adult actions and decisions.

Now, come, sir, we've all failed, and there's no reason for expecting any of us to bear the whole brunt.

Malagasies, for example, have been the ones to feel the brunt of the suspension of foreign aid, which dominates Madagascar s budget.

They have borne the brunt of 40 years of war, and are well aware that international forces are planning their departure.

The southern and parts of the eastern regions of the country have borne the brunt of the recent upsurge in violence.

And globalization has left over 2 billion people behind people who bear the brunt of conflict, of disease, of grinding poverty.

Croatia has borne the heaviest brunt of the Bosnian crisis and of the human catastrophe wrought by war in that country.

64. Special attention should be given to the situation of women, who bore the brunt of poverty particularly in rural areas.

From thence it is the storm of God's quick wrath is first descried, and the bow must bear the earliest brunt.

This crisis of long term unemployment is having a profoundly damaging impact on the lives of those bearing the brunt of it.

It is Germany s partners in the eurozone, especially badly hit countries like Greece and Spain, that bear the brunt of the costs.

Underequipped, the African continent is awash in the obsolescence of its facilities and bore the brunt of poor management of available resources.

The poverty level has also increased drastically over the last fifteen years or so and women have borne the brunt of it.

Civilians once again bore the brunt of the casualties during the reporting period, as witnessed in a number of mass casualty attacks.

Go to the slaves. Go to the second class citizens. Go to the ones who are suffering the brunt of Caesar's brutality.

The German navy is defending the Lebanese coast against Hezbollah, while other European nations bear the brunt of policing Lebanon on the ground.

The Palestinian people, however, are bearing by far the brunt of the situation, and this is cultivating seeds of desperation in the OPT.

Purchases of foodstuffs, fuel and various raw materials for industry have borne the brunt of the restrictions placed on Cuban foreign trade transactions.

But, for the countries bearing the brunt of China s recalcitrant approach to territorial and maritime disputes, this emphasis raises new doubts about America s commitment.

The case of Spain where a competent and respected government is bearing the full brunt of a financial crisis that began elsewhere is identical.

Unless and until US consumption patterns change or a rebounding dollar increases oil production, Americans will bear the brunt of single currency oil pricing.

But that price can take the form of morally squalid decisions in which innocent people bear the brunt of the cost of freedom s defense.

Meanwhile, women and children bear the brunt of the crisis in many ways, thus calling for innovative approaches to relieve their distress and suffering.

If they hit a difficult patch as now seems likely society bears the brunt of the impact as credit dries up and asset prices fall.

Daraa, a city in southwestern Syria, and close to the Jordanian border, got the brunt of the security crackdown, with electricity, water and communications cuts.

An already precarious security situation in Ituri experienced a considerable setback during the reporting period, with the civilian population again bearing the brunt of the violence.

That body bears the brunt of the effects of the international community's efforts in this field, and we should strive to keep it up to speed.