affronter

Elle avait affronté la noirceur, et perdu.
She had faced the darkness, and she had lost.
Mais cet épisode avait accru l’estime pour la nonciature qui avait affronté ce problème difficile d’un point de vue purement humanitaire, sans intervenir sur le terrain politique.
But that event also created esteem for the nunciature, which faced the difficult issue from a humanitarian point of view, without intervening in the political sphere.
Jusqu’alors, chaque pays avait affronté ses propres terroristes. Mais après le 11 septembre d’abord, et le 11 mars ensuite, le terrorisme a revêtu une dimension globale qui appelle une réponse globale.
Until then, each country had had its own terrorists, but after 11 September, firstly, and then 11 March, terrorism took on a global dimension that required a global response.
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