1.   The world had witnessed a titanic struggle between two visions of the future.

2.   And yet the world is witnessing amazing contradictions.

3.   As the world witnessed earlier this year, when investors embrace quality, they hug Treasuries the hardest.

4.   For many years he has argued that the world is witnessing the collapse of the Russian empire and its dominance of the North Caucasus region.

5.   The regular press conference was held at the end, but without enlightenment on what the world has witnessed.

6.   The result is the confusion the world is now witnessing.

7.   The world is witnessing amazing contradictions.

8.   The world will witness another royal spectacle.

9.   There is a sense this spring that the hockey world is witnessing the passing of a torch and the inheritance of a crown.

10.   Unless countries can act quickly and creatively in Burundi, the world may witness yet another explosive outbreak of lethal ethnic violence.