In Washington, Nicholas Burns, the State Department spokesman, said that the violence was inspired by Kenya's "failure to take the essential concrete steps to create a free and fair electoral climate."

The freer political climate has allowed the party to be more active since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.

In Australia, it is widely seen in cultivation in Sydney and Perth and warmer frost free climates northwards.

There is disagreement as to whether elections and politics in Moldova are carried out in a free and democratic climate on the part of certain organizations.

Professor Bhagwati, who toured Latin America recently, said the region is reaping the benefits of democratic government, a free climate for economic activity and a new respect for economists.

Holland, in spite of its Calvinist character, was a secular society and Amsterdam, the capital of the mighty Dutch Republic, known for its free and tolerant climate.

The book fair was viewed in the West as particularly important because agents might sign up new Soviet writers and establish new contacts with publishing houses there operating in a freer climate.

Psychotherapists and counselors are often required to create a therapeutic environment referred to as the frame, which is characterized by a free yet secure climate that enables the client to open up.

The free and easy climate began to change in the late 1990's, and even more so after 9/11.

Mr. Hu, who was abruptly replaced as the party's General Secretary on Friday, was regarded as a principal defender of the freer intellectual climate.