The legislation provoked dire warnings of fiscal turmoil from a handful of dissenters.

Leaders on both sides have proclaimed that they will never surrender, provoking warnings that the whole Western structure of accommodation that won the cold war could be brought down.

The brazen raid heightened tension along Yugoslavia's Kosovo border with Albania and provoked warnings from American officials against widening the scope of the Balkan war.

The independence referendum had provoked warnings from Gorbachev that it would lead to a breakup of the Union and hence disaster.

Nonetheless, the proposal has provoked warnings that Canada could strike back by charging even more for hazardous waste that is shipped there.

The success of the Federalist Society has provoked some harsh reactions and dire warnings from liberal groups.

Practically ever since, China's astounding economic growth has provoked warnings that the boom may not be sustainable.

Efforts to give the government-owned Prado more autonomy provoked dark - and seemingly unwarranted - warnings that its privatization could not be far off.

Their tasks are to be limited to humanitarian and logistical functions, but the mere prospect has provoked debate and warnings from South Korea and China.

United Russia's political juggernaut has provoked dire warnings from the Communists and the country's two liberal parties, Yabloko and the Union of Right Forces.