Carson's predecessor, Jendayi Frazer, said she does not foresee much change in ties between Kenya and the United States.
Serbia and Kosovo, enticed by hopes of future membership, recently signed an EU-brokered accord that should see an improvement in ties.
The nuclear deal, signed during a visit to Washington by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, capped a recent increase in ties between the two countries.
But Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr said any improvement in ties would not come at the expense of relations with Gulf Arab nations - Iran's regional rivals.
The upsurge in fighting, hard on the heels of President Barack Obama's re-election, was seen as marking something of a rapprochement in ties between Israel and Washington after a very tense period.
His recent dispute with the Louvre over Pharaonic steles thought to have been chipped from the walls of the 3, 200-year-old tomb of the cleric, Tetaki, resulted in ties being severed with the museum.
That is because sustaining roughly 10, 000 troops in Afghanistan ties up many times that number in training and support.
Warburg used his position to champion European integration, rightly seeing that closer links in capital markets would strengthen ties in other areas.
Ultimately, however, Ng's competitive edge lies in his ties to the ethnic Chinese community.
Secondly Kozloff overlooks that there is more natural symmetry in Brazil-Africa ties than in possibly any other pairing.
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Whether that could reinvigorate the weak ties in society along with the strong ties remains to be seen.
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There is strength in weak ties, as the sociologist Mark Granovetter has observed.
Today, we see the curiosity of those ping-pong players manifested in the ties that are being forged across many sectors.
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The Daily Telegraph observes their very similar dress sense, even down to the same shade of blue in their ties.
"It's not easy to come off bounce games and playing in cup ties like this, but they did very well, " said Smith.
"They will also review the progress made in strengthening our economic ties and in enhancing and modernising bilateral security co-operation, " the statement added.
Iran is becoming increasingly active in forging ties with Shiite militias.
He also thanked him for his role in restoring ties between the United States and Cuba, while calling for the closing of the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay.
Among groups with a stake in good ties between Islam and the historically Christian West, there was an instant sense that the challenge they faced might be bigger than people thought.
In the hours that followed, Israel sought to play down the differences between the two, but the damage was done, with the Israeli press bemoaning a new low in bilateral ties.
His career was expected to kick-on from there, but it failed to flourish and Gow made only two first team appearances for the Ibrox club under Walter Smith, both in cup ties.
On Sunday, Jordan's foreign minister summoned Israel's ambassador and warned him that Jordan would take measures in its ties with Israel if the Israeli army did not withdraw from Palestinian towns immediately.
Deepening economic cooperation between the United States and Russia in commercial ties will certainly be on the agenda as well, given Russia's accession to the WTO, our continued efforts, again, to get greater access for U.S. businesses to Russian markets.
In cup ties, fairytales do happen.
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On top of that in-house development, the service ties in IBM's acquisition of Web presentation company WebDialog in August 2007.
Leeds Rhinos will play London Broncos and Wakefield will play Widnes in the two all-Super League ties in the fifth round of the Powergen Challenge Cup.
To combat the (presumed) flight of its middle-class population, Baltimore created the More in the Middle program in 2008, dedicated to convincing middle-class black families to remain in the city by helping them form financial ties in the area, such as facilitating home ownership, business ownership and higher education.
However, they have a disappointing overall record in the format, with four wins and two ties in 11 internationals.
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