Top U.S. officials, including President Bush, have praised al-Maliki's operation as a sign of a strengthening Iraqi government.
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There is no sign of co-operation yet but they would be natural allies.
Having recently been pushed by Mr Malone into merging with Flextech, Liberty's European programming arm, Telewest is now expected to take on Chello's service, as a first outward sign of co-operation.
But at present there is no outward sign of the massive eviction operation being co-ordinated by Basildon Council.
The Bedfordshire operation is the biggest to date and a sign that detectives think the law can deliver results.
The recent twinning of Rwanda with South Kivu, presented by the rebel authorities as a sign of mutual understanding and co-operation, has only made matters worse.
Muhyiddin, who invited Unesco secretary-general Irina Bokova to Kuala Lumpur to sign an MoU to endorse the co-operation during the launch of the first programme under the initiative in June, said some countries had great achievements in universal primary education while others, especially from the sub-Sahara region, were far from the target.
Some people believe that if there is a war against Iraq, it may involve a relatively small force initially - there will not be the long build-up of Operation Desert Storm hosted by Saudi Arabia, which shows every sign of wanting to see out this crisis on the sidelines.
The joint operation, which also involves the Bank of Canada, was a sign that the ECB philosophy, to be generous in times of liquidity shortage, is gaining traction.
That operation expanded to an Israeli attempt to install a pro-western government that was willing to sign a peace treaty with Israel.
The Metropolitan Police and its supporting forces assigned 84, 000 officer-hours to the operation and warned there would be a "swift and efficient policing response" at the first sign of trouble.
Boyd cautioned against reading Delta's emphasis on expanding its international business as a sign it will cut back on domestic routes, arguing that more international flights enhances the domestic operation by creating more demand to shuttle Europe-bound passengers to East Coast airports like Atlanta and New York.
The BBC's Jonah Fisher in South Africa says the announcement is a sign of deal under intense stress - but in itself it may not make much difference to the operation of Zimbabwe's government.
His decision, in 2005, to press for international acceptance of India's civil nuclear programme, ending a ban on foreign assistance imposed because of India's refusal to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, was meant to usher in a new era of co-operation and trust.
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