It has seen little of the Taliban insurgency which has gripped north-west Pakistan over the last few years.
In summer 2006 Karachi was out of power for 36 hours and gripped by rioting.
Naima gripped my hand tightly as we went deeper into the maze of neon-lit corridors.
And despite the economic meltdown that has gripped the world, including Europe, gamers are dedicated consumers.
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But Dagestan has gone in the opposite direction and is gripped by instability and violence.
Lebanon has been gripped by a political crisis linked to the unrest in neighbouring Syria.
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Ukraine is expected to remain gripped by severe weather for the next few days.
The atmosphere was so casual that several people even gripped Francis on the shoulder.
Gripped by the urgent need to raise cash, foreigners have sold whatever assets they can.
This does not feel like a country gripped by the trauma of its recent past.
She leaned back and gripped the steering wheel with one hand, as if to steady herself.
Letting out an exclamation, I gripped the notebook with both hands and pressed it to my chest.
Better still, the local economy is at last emerging from the recession that gripped it in 1990.
The case of the sick elephants, in Lyon's Tete d'Or zoo, has gripped the city since mid-December.
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And if it is also inflationary, so much the better for a country still gripped by deflation.
But those same firms have now been gripped by a choking-off of credit and stock and bond markets.
Banks and rating agencies were gripped by the pretence that all finance can be calculated by risk-modelling eggheads.
Rossano Ercolini convinced Naples - a city gripped by a long-running waste crisis - to adopt zero-waste goals.
But her death unleashed memories of harsh economic conditions that gripped Britain during her early years in office.
She was not, but at least 50 others held her, or gripped her, for a moment or so.
The case has gripped the attention of the public in the United States, Italy and Britain ever since.
Such incredible love could have easily been overshadowed by the hatred and fear that initially gripped the nation.
The oil world is gripped by the possibility that vital bits of Saudi oil infrastructure will be targeted.
This is most evident when the planet is gripped by dust storms that can envelop the whole globe.
"Taunton although gripped in recession, has all the ingredients for success, " he said.
The last miner was winched to safety on 14 October after a 22-hour televised rescue that gripped the world.
This is not the moment to price the Bold 9900 to only tempt consumers gripped by old-school Blackberry nostalgia.
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You feel yourself gripped by a beautiful machine, engineered for the finest melodrama.
When the woman looked over to introduce herself, there I was with my sweaty hands gripped around my phone.
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