And Pakistan, internationally reviled for its military government and its failed attempt in 1999 to seize territory on India's side of the line of control, would regard dialogue with India about Kashmir as a diplomatic coup.

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With regard to the Knollenberg line on the science of global warming, "Major scientific opinion says they are dead wrong, " said Thompson of the EDF.

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He also appeared to refer to an Israeli military operation in response to a violation of what he termed an Israeli "red line" with regard to the Syrian conflict.

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The two Republican senators from Alabama, where EADS was planning to establish an assembly line to build the KC-45 and a freighter version of the A330, were quick to condemn what they regard as a political stitch-up that put jobs in traditionally Democratic Washington state (Boeing's home) before employment in their region.

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The very optimistic might regard it as a clearing of the air, the re-stating of Israel's bottom line.

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