Maftun knew to survive in a country where music had been forbidden by the Taliban.

First challenge: survive as a company - or nonprofit institution - in a country economically weak and politically fragile.

"How did they expect to survive in a wild country like this?"

She writes about the daily struggle to survive in a country where society is damaged by war and corruption.

Critics have often questioned its cost and asked whether its Enlightenment ideals can survive in a country where censorship is common.

Also, he had survived twenty years or more in a rough country, at a rough game, and could be expected to be formidable, if he was around.

The show was hosted by Tim Bailey, and saw three Australians trying to survive in a foreign country with nothing but $20 to their name.

He was also an fait with the art of paper-tripping -supplying oneself with necessary documents to survive in a foreign country.

But while newspapers splashed this story across their front pages today, it held scant interest for Russians preoccupied with surviving in a country where leaders often seem far removed from everyday problems.

Some feel that their lives and their futures have been restored to them, others struggle to survive in a country that has slipped back into chaos.