• There, hundreds of wild varieties exist, but government officials have sometimes had a contentious relationship with foreign coffee sellers.

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  • Iran's influential parliamentary speaker, Ali Larijani, submitted the request Monday to the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission which called on the Foreign Ministry to review the relationship, the report said.

    CNN: Iran to review ties with Britain amid claims of 'interference'

  • The far closer working relationship between the Foreign Office and the Quai d'Orsay established in 1991 with the break-up of Yugoslavia has meant that the old scars from the failed collaboration over Suez in 1956 have largely healed.

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  • Instead, Nishiyama was convicted of illegally obtaining the document via his relationship with a female Foreign Ministry secretary.

    NPR: Japan Confirms Secret Nuclear Pacts With U.S.

  • President Bush also focused his attention this past week on another troublesome foreign policy issue - the souring relationship between Washington and Moscow.

    NPR: Iran 'Cooperates' on Its Own Terms

  • "We have a valuable relationship with Italy, " Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid said.

    BBC: Italy-Indian row: Marines return to India for trial

  • Mr Cem, a committed Europhile who is well-liked by the public, would guarantee good relations with the EU. Mr Dervis, who would almost certainly join them, would be able to continue to manage Turkey's relationship with the IMF and foreign banks.

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  • What to avoid: Investing with a producer who wants to make a movie but has no relationship with distributors, has no foreign sales lined up and hasn't explored tax credits that might exist.

    WSJ: Running With Scissors: How to Invest in Movies

  • The Lib Dems have also warned of the risks of the UK leaving the EU "almost by accident" and said a concerted push to renegotiate its relationship could cause uncertainty and deter foreign investors at a difficult time for the British economy.

    BBC: David Cameron: UK could drift towards EU exit

  • Slaughter has found a statistically significant relationship between declining unionization and increasing foreign investment across industries in the U.S. Firm-level analysis by Bruce Fallick of the Federal Reserve Board and our colleague Kevin Hassett also finds a negative relationship between unionization and investment.

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  • In practice, however, Mexico's foreign policy will continue to be dominated by its relationship with its northern neighbour.

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  • That relationship helped Scient set up its first foreign outpost in November 1999.

    FORBES: Innocents Abroad

  • Even when the relationship is this good, however, foreign banks and fund managers still need to take a leap of faith.

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  • The foreign minister said Syria would respond by strengthening its relationship with Russia, China and Latin America, "to prove to the West that the world is wide and is not made up only of America and Europe".

    BBC: Syria condemns EU sanctions on Bashar al-Assad

  • By Harold Wilson's time in the 60s, even despite the Vietnam War, friends of the special relationship were fortunate: Wilson's Foreign Secretaries for most of his tenure were Labour conservatives George Brown and Michael Stewart, whose pro-American sympathies were accepted by an emollient "beer and sandwiches" Premier anxious to maintain peace in a fractious government.

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  • Since entering office, Obama has shown that his primary foreign policy goal is to remake the US's relationship with the Muslim world.

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  • The issue of freedom of movement will also be part of a review of the UK's relationship with the EU being carried out by Foreign Secretary William Hague.

    BBC: UK will not extend Romania and Bulgaria migration curbs

  • It presented the largest music project in the Millennium year with the Vatican Official Seal and has an ongoing relationship with the Italian Ministry of Culture, Foreign Ministry, Equal Opportunities Ministry , the Lazio Region and with many cities in Europe.

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  • Barack Obama has identified the relationship with China as one of the most important foreign-policy issues of his administration.

    CNN: Stakes are high for U.S., China during Clinton visit

  • Exactly what the relationship was between Reader's Digest and state foreign policy is unclear, but its role in encouraging American readers to think about and actively engage in world affairs is beyond doubt.

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  • Mr. JOHN EDWARDS (Council on Foreign Relations): We believe this is a litmus test for our relationship with Russia.

    NPR: Iran's Nuclear Demands Strain U.S.-Russian Ties

  • The ban on foreign Scientologists entering the UK was eventually lifted in 1980 but an uneasy relationship between the church and the authorities remains.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | UK officials feared church 'evil'

  • To conceal its relationship with Transworld--and avoid running afoul of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act--Lockheed, according to Semtek's allegations, created a series of phony contracts and other business agreements with Millman's company to make it appear as if Transworld was nothing more than a vendor to Lockheed.

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  • The European Union wants negotiations about rules on how foreign investors can be treated, about anti-monopoly policy and about the relationship between trade and the environment.

    BBC: Key trade talks in the balance

  • "That is bound to affect the nature of the relationship" between the United Kingdom and Iran, then-British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said at the time, using a diplomatic formulation for expressing irritation.

    CNN: Iran's attacks on UK tap into centuries of suspicion

  • However, if the Pritzkers could establish an arms-length relationship with the trust (by having it set up by a foreign citizen), then Uncle Sam wouldn't tax any of its income or capital gains.

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  • But the Singaporean foreign minister said he foresees the situation affecting the small city-state's relationship with its various allies -- particularly with China and India.

    CNN: Singapore sees India, China role growing

  • Bishop's security clearance required him to disclose his contacts with foreign nationals, but the affidavit says he failed to let officials know about his relationship with the woman.

    NPR: Woman At Center Of Spy Allegations Is Enigma

  • Specifically, Leahy had proposed recognizing same-sex marriages in which one spouse is an American, and allowing U.S. citizens to sponsor foreign-born same-sex partners for green cards given proof of a committed relationship.

    CNN: Immigration reform clears key Senate hurdle

  • Furthermore, policymakers will have to formulate a coherent public diplomacy effort to explain the relationship between the private security sector and U.S. military and foreign policy objectives, due to the increasingly negative media perception of the private security industry.

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