1.   Amid a regional economic crisis, the Philippine peso has lost one-third of its value.

2.   And they are hoping that the summit will create a permanent International Advisory Council of Religious and Spiritual Leaders to advise the United Nations on regional crises.

3.   Besides, they must be increasingly aware that many regional crises and conflicts cannot be resolved without Russia.

4.   But as the regional financial crisis sinks into a prolonged recession, it has shaken the faith of many here in the free-market system.

5.   But Fildes said stock indexes have become even more influential here in the aftermath of the regional economic crisis.

6.   But we need a vastly stronger and more alert IMF to successfully contain those regional crises.

7.   But with limited cash during the regional financial crisis, cable and satellite operators were turning her away.

8.   Dealing with two full-blown regional military crises at the same time has been a centerpiece of Pentagon planning since the end of the Cold War.

9.   Does APEC have enough teeth to deal with the regional financial crisis?

10.   For years European countries have talked about, and taken stumbling steps to create, new institutions capable of containing dangerous regional crises.