Mr Bomann-Larsen was fulsome in his praise of the prime minister last year and predicted that he could remain in power for decades.

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Kerry also appeared to back down from the outright U.S. demand that Assad step down in the transition, while maintaining that he, personally, couldn't see how a leader responsible for such widespread abuses could remain in power as part of a peace deal.

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Because its European neighbors seem unwilling to deal the finishing blows to the Gadhafi regime at least as of this moment Rome must take into account the possibility that Gadhafi could remain in power, if only in the western portion of Libya.

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Omar Bongo, Gabon's president for 35 years, secured a constitutional change that could let him remain in power indefinitely.

ECONOMIST: Seeking Saddam

The Center also views with great concern suggestions that the United States is now prepared to seek a diplomatic solution to this crisis on terms that could enable Saddam Hussein to remain in power and preserve those military capabilities with which he can continue to threaten Western interests.

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More importantly, it could damage South African democracy, since the ANC is likely to remain in power for a long time.

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He argued that, while most entrepreneurial solar engineers were urban-based, most grandmothers would remain in their villages, forming a nucleus of skilled human power that could be relied upon in the maintenance of solar equipment.

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The recent break above resistance was hardly staggering in its power and traders will want to remain cautious that this could simply be a head fake and the level of 1.2780 may provide further resistance.

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