The rebels, who control the largely empty countryside, continue to harass the cities but show little interest in capturing them.

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They used to show little interest in a dynamic but unstable neighbour that was battling its way into the ranks of the developed nations.

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Because of the growth of high-tech firms, whose executives show little interest in party politics or ideology, the Republicans are not getting the automatic business support they once depended on from property developers and aerospace companies, old stalwarts of the California economy.

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Diplomats say a boycott would be detrimental primarily to the millions of Ukrainians who either back other political parties or show very little interest in politics altogether.

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Mr Moi and friends may then show a little more interest in ensuring the money reaches its intended destination.

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It has an interest in ensuring that his conservative National Action Party has little to show the voters in a congressional election next year.

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