In any event, Finland's present foreign minister, Tarja Halonen, a Social Democrat who seems likeliest to face Mr Aho in the event of a run-off, is sceptical about joining the Atlantic alliance, and the idea has, for the moment, faded.
Europe may not like the idea of an alliance even more dominated by the United States, but it may have to lump it.
What they are discussing with the madrassa association is of where to send these people back to their respective countries, so it may take a week or more, so they are not going to accept the madrassa alliance decision to oppose the idea.
He never wholly reconciled the party to his main big idea: its strategic alliance with New Labour.
The idea is to have an alliance of independent companies as successful as Wintel was, and Capellas says he can unify all the technologies and interests.
The idea of a Nazi-Islamic alliance dates back to World War II, when Adolf Hitler played host to the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, that city's Muslim leader.
"We really don't see why an Arab country would be attacked but if this happens it would lead to a very serious situation across the Middle East and would harm the idea of international co-operation or alliance, " he said.
Pessina, in particular, sees China and other Asian markets increasingly open to the idea of partnering with a larger player like Alliance Boots and Walgreen.
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After I broadcast the story about "self appointed community gatekeepers" on Good Morning Ulster, an Alliance source told me most of the flags section was their idea.
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The overall effect of the "Bruges speech", often cited today by those who want the UK to withdraw from the EU, was to push to re-establish the idea of a free trade, rather than a political, alliance.
And as Taliban militants have been slaughtered by their Northern Alliance enemies this week, or have sheepishly surrendered or defected, so the idea of glorious defeat at the hands of the infidels has come to seem less compelling.
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The move might also be a hint to the U.S. Congress, conveying the idea that Colombia is not invariably bound to the U.S. alliance in its foreign affairs nor that its allegiance can be taken for granted.
Alliance leader David Ford said the prime minster did not seem to "yet have a great idea" to how the review of the Good Friday Agreement should proceed.
So a less exciting but potentially more potent idea is to increase one's savings rate given the possibility highlighted by my BAM Alliance colleague Larry Swedroe that lower returns across all asset classes may be in store.
The idea behind the multi-billion-dollar global partnership between Walgreen (WAG) and Alliance Boots is designed to capitalize on emerging markets that are spending much more on health care and looking to access safe and effective medicines.
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What's different this year is the alliance between the hardware makers and a software giant, Google, with both determined to make connected TV a mainstream idea.
She also was wary of the idea pressed by some in the White House that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would cut his military alliance with Iran as part of a rapprochement with Washington.
It has given up its ambitious idea of promoting a genuinely national electoral strategy, which could have seen the southern movement leading a broad alliance of all of Sudan's oppressed ethnic groups in Darfur, in the south and in the east against the ruling NCP in Khartoum.
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