The same goes for America's allies in the region.

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At the same time, politicians' search for suitable allies, as the Yeltsin era draws to a close, is speeding up.

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And we will work with the allies to refocus the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development so that it provides the same support for democratic transitions and economic modernization in the Middle East and North Africa as it has in Europe.

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Mr. HERSH: The Germans, the French, and the Brits, who have been our allies in this whole issue with Iran for years, diplomatically, they all say the same thing essentially.

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And if, as might well happen, Mr Abhisit's government lost an election to proxies for Mr Thaksin, the same alliance of military and civilian elites that toppled him in 2006 and his allies in 2008 might again reject the popular verdict.

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