He asked Avtovaz for a letter of credit from a Western bank guaranteeing its payment.
Such talk certainly will not attract the foreign investment Hungary badly needs, notes a Western official.
Kentucky Fried Chicken positioned itself in China as a Western brand with Chinese characteristics.
"From a Western perspective it may look like an immediate necessity, " said General Hayat.
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"I think this thing is going to blow, " says a Western diplomat who travels Indonesia extensively.
On top of that, Gangnam Style, especially to a Western Audience, feels totally, unabashedly new.
Looking through it, Brazil's celebrity culture appears similar to a Western European or American one.
The prince acquired a Western outlook in college, attending Menlo College in Atherton, Calif.
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It's not the first time a Western pop diva has run up against Egyptian conservatism.
They may sound a bit hysterical to a western audience that finds history rather boring.
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Daschle is on a Western swing that has also included a fund-raiser for Sen.
The concept of citizenship is a Western concept that does not apply to us in Egypt.
To a western ear, this all sounds a bit freaky, but it seems to work.
With only horse or barrow for transport, their exodus recalls a western in reverse an eastern, perhaps.
"It's First World War stuff up there, " says a Western military observer in Colombo.
Their situation is in many ways like that of a Western expatriate, but there are glaring differences.
According to a Western official with knowledge of the investigation, Salehi telephoned Karzai from his jail cell.
Mutharika, a western-educated economist, was declared the winner in the African nation with about 2.6 million votes.
Yet although the Russian elite has adopted a Western lifestyle, it rejects key principles of Western governance.
Some were hoping for a Western price drop akin to what Japan will be getting soon.
NATO's only Muslim member, a strong friend of Israel and, for all its flaws, a western-style democracy.
Kansas City is a western town, like Denver, spread out over broad highways with vast open stockyards.
But too much overt support could harm Mrs Plavsic by making her look like a western stooge.
He brought with him a Midwestern optimism, and he blended it with a western "can do" spirit.
Russia, they say, is too big and too backward to be governed exactly like a western country.
Based in Louisville, Kentucky, Texas Roadhouse specializes in steaks and promotes a western theme at its chains.
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"It's a lot easier to do business in Kazakhstan than Russia, " says a Western diplomat in the region.
It is not a Western MNC (multi-national company) which can act in its own self-interest without government interference.
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Even so, the death of a successful lawyer working for a Western company has shaken young Russian professionals.
But the Sankyo-Daiichi deal is seen partly as a way to prevent a Western firm from scooping them up.
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