Initially a routine patrol, it would later develop into a naval action with global repercussions.

There's probably a 1-in-7,000 chance that an impact with global repercussions could happen in a person's lifetime.

These would be at least 0.62 miles in diameter, which is considered to be the minimum size for a collision to have global repercussions.

But before the end of the month, that single act would have enormous global repercussions.

But the banking system in Japan is extremely rickety, and a financial meltdown there would have global repercussions.

This has not always been the case in the past, and the global repercussions are tragic.

The financial and economic crisis has global repercussions, as well as causes, which cannot be reduced to one continent.

If the disruption of balance spread to the Gulf, the impact would be obvious and there could be global repercussions.

As we predicted, the crisis in South-East Asia has had global repercussions.

The slowdown in the world's second-largest economy could have global repercussions if it cuts into demand for iron ore, factory machinery and other imports.