Tensions Soar as Turkey Forces Down Syrian Jet
By ANNE BARNARD, CHRISTINE HAUSER and ALAN COWELL
The airliner was thought to hold military cargo from Russia. Turkey warned of more forceful measures.
A village of 20,000 in open rebellion against local government points to Beijing's challenge in maintaining social stability in a challenging economic environment.
Six weeks after elections in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) ended inconclusively, the Social Democrats and the Greens will try to form a government, even though between them they do not have a working majority in the regional assembly.
Although the minority government appears at first glance to have an uncertain future, Hannelore Kraft, the Social Democrats' leader in NRW, said she was attempting to establish stability.
"The instability that dominates politics in North Rhine-Westphalia must be done away with," Kraft told reporters Thursday in Duesseldorf, the state's capital.
"We need quick and forceful action to establish a stable government. There have been minority governments before. But we also need unity so that this change can take place," she added.
do away with
1. Make an end of, eliminate. For example, The town fathers have decided to do away with the old lighting system.
2. Demolish, destroy, kill, as in The animal officer did away with the injured deer lying by the side of the road. In the 13th century both usages were simply put as do away, the with being added only in the late 1700s.
stability[sta・bil・i・ty]
- 発音記号[stəbíləti]
[名][U]
1 安定（性）；（位置の）固定；持続［永続］（性）；（人・心などの）不動, 不変, 着実, 堅実
economic ［social］ stability
経済［社会］の安定性.
経済［社会］の安定性.
2 《化学・電気》安定性［度］.
3 《航空・海事》安定性, 復原力［性］.forceful[force・ful]
- レベル：社会人必須
- 発音記号[fɔ'ːrsfəl]
force・ful・ly
[副]
force・ful・ness
[名]
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