If so, that will be at least in part a by-product of the Russians' response to such unilateral U.S. restraint, exercised in the hope that it would help "reset" relations with Moscow.

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About the only constituents it would help would be the DaimlerChrysler shareholders hoping against hope to ditch the Chrysler Group on anyone who will take it.

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There had been a hope that a Brazilian pope would help to stem that challenge, and it is likely that expectation will extend to a pope from neighbouring Argentina, a Church leader who clearly understands the region well.

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