Poverty was aggravated by the deterioration of forests and local environments.

The Great Depression was aggravated by the trade barriers that countries imposed to protect domestic employment.

The sentence for aggravated assault was at least one year and at the most 10 years.

But fiscal stimulus merely aggravated the problem.

World War II further aggravated the situation.

The forces of globalization have aggravated that situation.

It was therefore essential to mobilize women and men to confront the social norms that aggravated women's vulnerability.

The economic situation was further aggravated for the CFA countries since their de linking from the French franc.

Moreover, some of the debt was incurred as part of the 1997 1998 crisis, which was aggravated and deepened by IMF imposed policies.

Desertification has also aggravated the problems caused by drought.

It is alleged that the Catholic Church was involved in these events, which aggravated the bitterness between Muslims and Christians.

On one occasion, this threat was aggravated by Iraqi personnel aiming and training their anti aircraft guns on the helicopter.

Mendes was charged with endangering human life by use of arms and aggravated assault against a policeman while resisting arrest.

The situation was aggravated by the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya apos s lack of the necessary technical expertise for clearance operations.

Such losses could be aggravated by the erosion of preferences.

Unemployment and illiteracy aggravated the distressing fate of the youth.

But, in other cases, like Greece, political dysfunction aggravated economic problems.

The problem is aggravated by the composition of the new Commission.

Fortunately, organized Muslim leaders so far have not aggravated the rioting.

It usually comes on gradually and is aggravated by physical activity.

Continued clashes between rival factions of SPLM have aggravated the situation.

By denying the problem, the authorities have aggravated the lack of confidence.

There were no casualties, but the attack aggravated and deepened ethnic tensions.

Such wasteful practices have also aggravated the financial difficulties of the Organization.

These statistics are aggravated by the protectionist tendencies in the developed countries.

The charges against me were so heavy, and I'd aggravated them so.

In addition, the significance of clean hands criterion lay in the fact that it was a circumstance which attenuated or aggravated international legal responsibility.

(b) These violations are facilitated and aggravated by abuse of states of emergency

Currently the death sentence was applicable to only two categories of crime aggravated homicide and terrorism, which together constituted 0.7 per cent of all crimes.

Because of the lack of economic resources, which had been aggravated by unfavourable climatic factors, it was becoming increasingly difficult to carry out development programmes.

Yehiel Shitrit, 21, from Beersheba, was convicted of aggravated assault and theft and sentenced to a year in prison and two years apos suspended sentence.

The civil war and military conflicts in South Ossetia and Abkhazia aggravated the crisis.

In some cases, rapid economic growth and liberalization had aggravated social and cultural problems.

These deprivations have been aggravated by the reign of terror unleashed by lawless elements.

Upon Palestinian Authority President Abbas's arrival in Gaza last week, the barrage of rockets that was fired by militants against Israeli targets aggravated the problem further.

Such beggar thy neighbor policies in the 1930 s aggravated and deepened the Great Depression.

Regrettably, the short sighted attitudes of leaders of a few factions aggravated the difficult situation.

For the United Nations, the situation was aggravated by the non receipt of substantial amounts of contributions assessed separately from the regular budget for peace keeping activities.

Their political duel was aggravated recently when the President, wary that her prime ministerial rival was too soft in dealing with the rebel Tamil Tigers, sacked three ministers and took over their portfolios.

All these developments, aggravated by global recession, threaten to undermine the purposes of the United Nations.

The emigration of skilled workers to the more developed Pacific Rim countries further aggravated the situation.

Desertification has accelerated the process of impoverishment which, in turn, has aggravated the problem of desertification.

Incompetent military leadership was aggravated by the Italian military's equipment, which predominantly dated back to the First World War and was not up to the standard of either the Allied or the German armies.

That was equivalent to five per cent of the world population under age 15. The problem had been aggravated by the increase in trafficking and use of synthetic drugs.

There was also a danger of violence between the various minority ethnic communities, aggravated, for example, by reactions to the attack on the Ayodhya mosque in India in 1992.