We think they need help in order to stabilise the situation.

There is a full compliment of police to stabilise the situation.

This could help stabilise the situation but is not a long-term solution, Lines said.

The Public Order Police and local police are at the scene to stabilise the situation.

Rintoul said it should be possible to stabilise the situation without the use of excessive force.

But African leaders want to give the AU force time to try to stabilise the situation.

We stand ready to help in anyway possible as the emergency services continue to stabilise the situation.

In an effort to stabilise the situation, Irish Water has begun to invest in water treatment plants.

It has taken three separate public interventions by Taoiseach Brian Cowen to clarify and stabilise the situation.

The deployment of 700 French troops to eastern Afghanistan would help to stabilise the situation there, he said.

Earlier this year the province was put under governmental administration in an attempt to 'recover and stabilise the situation'.

We must stabilise the situation and have a discussion about how the new technologies can be put to use for humanity.

If not, where is the surge of troops... to give mediators time to do their work and help stabilise the situation?

He said the administrators "are working with all key stakeholders to stabilise the situation and provide the best solution possible".

It's very hard to make honest agreements that will help the Ukrainian people stabilise the situation in an atmosphere of threats and ultimatums.

One of the Generals, together with the police, were saying it would have to be robust in the beginning to stabilise the situation.