It has drawn attention to the example of Canada, which also supports a distinctive music scene in spite of the presence of a much larger neighbour.
Some in the region now fear that the Kazakh government may tilt toward its eastern neighbour in other sectors of the economy.
Mr Kiir said his visit came "at a very critical moment for the Republic of South Sudan because our neighbour in Khartoum has declared war on the Republic of South Sudan".
But the intolerant actions of these fundamentalists must be considered in the context of a minority language besieged by the culture of a strong neighbour.
The founder of the anti-virus software firm McAfee is being sought by police in Belize for questioning over the murder of his neighbour.
Another petition calls for a change in planning regulations to enable an increase in the current "neighbour notification" distance of 20 metres.
The court heard that firefighters cut Mr Escribano, a neighbour of Cunningham's in Falkirk, from the wreckage.
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Besides, the point of comparing their performance with America is not that Canadians are in a win-or-lose race with a neighbour that happens to have one of the most dynamic economies in the world.
And the cost in terms of beggar-thy-neighbour protectionism and diplomatic poison would be dire.
Since it is known that stars in small galaxies have fewer heavy elements than stars in big ones, it is plausible that these stellar oddballs are, indeed, stars that have dropped in from what was once a small neighbour of the Milky Way.
Many have criticised America for tolerating brutal regimes that help it in the war on terror, notably that of Kirgizstan's neighbour, Uzbekistan.
They used to show little interest in a dynamic but unstable neighbour that was battling its way into the ranks of the developed nations.
"Alpha Centauri B is of course a very special case - it's our next door neighbour, " said Stephane Udry of the Observatory in Geneva and senior author of the paper.
He became a useful ally of the US as it waged war in Pakistan's neighbour Afghanistan.
And allegations have emerged about the role of the Dominican Republic, Haiti's neighbour, in the uprising.
In the summer of 2005, Parkside federated with Coleridge Community College, a failing neighbour under threat of closure.
Sally Neighbour, an Australian journalist, addresses both of these issues in the context of the terrorist bombings of the two Bali nightclubs in October 2002, which killed 202.
After a few months, in late November, Mr Uribe thanked his neighbour for his efforts and relieved him of the job.
The newspapers pounced on a remark he made in his comeback show about an elderly Spanish neighbour of co-presenter Andy Davies.
There are two rooms in the house, one of which is reserved to the lean buffalo they bought with a neighbour.
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Libya's attempts in the mid-1980s to seize a slice of land known as the Aozou strip from its neighbour, Chad, are forgotten.
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Neighbour Melanie Smith, 42, who lived in the flat below Ms Shiers, is accused of starting the blaze in Maes y Groes on 19 October.
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One effect has been to make Ireland less envious, and perhaps less covetous, of Northern Ireland, which in the past has always been regarded as the rich neighbour.
Of course Silicon Valley neighbour Google, which has long been a player in the cloud computing world giving away free apps like Gmail and Google docs, would wholeheatedly agree.
One of the grumpiest countries, in fact, is probably America's next-door neighbour.
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For me, as a Christian, one of the most important of these teachings is contained in the parable of the Good Samaritan, when Jesus answers the question, 'Who is my neighbour?
They issued a 15-point declaration full of fine words about loving God and one's neighbour, but omitting any reference to the thorny problems of apostasy and religious conversion in the Middle East.
Qataris know the tale of their next door neighbour Dubai, who by opening its arms to the world subsumed traditional Emirati culture in favour of westernisation, and all the vices that came with it.
The neighbour was released without charge in connection with that offence but was later cautioned for racially aggravated verbal abuse of a police officer.
In the past, as the Republic of Ireland was attracting the likes of Google and Dell, its troubled northern neighbour found it tougher, despite offering low costs and desirable skills.
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