The informal coalition, which lobbied against the public offering, included groups such as Friends of the Earth, Freedom House's Center for Religious Freedom, the American Anti-Slavery Group, the AFL-CIO, and the International Campaign for Tibet.

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So civil servants have been dusting off their manuals on what to do in case of a hung parliament, and the Lib Dems elaborately refuse to set out the terms on which they would co-operate with either main party in a formal coalition or an informal alliance.

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The Coalition to Preserve American Sovereignty - an informal group of past and present national security practitioners and others committed to safeguarding the U.S. Constitution and the sovereign exceptionalism it makes possible - believes that the concerns about the Law of the Sea Treaty expressed by Sen.

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The winning party has already started informal talks with the country's socialist party to form a new government, with a cross-party coalition likely to be formed by Wednesday.

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