But the party denies it has Islamist designs and has won praise abroad for its liberal economic policies and its efforts to steer Turkey towards EU entry.

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Jeffrey Sachs, of Harvard University, suggested it in The Economist last August, and it has won praise from, among others, Bill Clinton and the World Bank.

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Indonesia is showing steady growth of 4-5% a year, has a booming stockmarket and has won international praise for getting its government finances back under control.

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About a dozen states have already set up programs to help cover uninsured children, and New York's program has won praise as the biggest and perhaps the best.

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Ocwen has been scrutinized by regulators and plaintiff lawyers over its practices, even as it has won praise from consumer advocates for its willingness to rework mortgages and help struggling borrowers stay in their homes.

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Once deputy prime minister of Portugal, trained as a lawyer and at ease in five languages, he has won plenty of praise in Brussels for his handling of the recently-invented job of European commissioner for justice and home affairs.

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This has won him high praise from the Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru who are anxious to keep him in his job, despite his Labour critics.

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Michael Bonsignore, who will be chief executive of the new company and then succeed Mr Bossidy as chairman next year, has also won praise for the thoughtful way in which he has restructured Honeywell.

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But he has won praise for his prescriptions for Brazil's economy: low inflation and a hefty primary budget surplus for now and, in time, reform of taxes, labour laws and the money-losing pension system.

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