"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.

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Cardinal Ersilio Tonini, Archbishop Emeritis of Ravenna, in north-east Italy, gave the parents an "ethical alternative" to going through with the operation, according to ProLife Alliance.

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Nor has she overseen a huge ad-sales operation and managed a complex international alliance like the one Yahoo!

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Furthermore, Ssangyong has been talking to several overseas car manufacturers about a strategic alliance, including capital and technical co-operation.

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Just 11 weeks into the operation - involving the mightiest military alliance in history - the allies revealed they were beginning to run short of munitions.

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The meeting will mark the conclusion of the project "Alignment to International Standards in the Media Sector of South East-European Countries", funded by the European Commission and implemented by UNESCO with the collaboration of the South-East European Network for Professionalization of Media (SEENPM), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the Alliance of Independent Press Councils of Europe (AIPCE).

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Rwanda wants them eased: co-operation between militant Hutu groups in Rwanda and Burundi has forced the two governments into a sort of military alliance even though politically they are far apart.

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