Some Western consumer-goods firms that are also-rans at home do surprisingly well in China.
Al-Ahmar makes some Western officials nervous because of his links with radical Sunni Islamists.
The spectacle of Chinese turbo-capitalism is inspiring Marco Polo-like awe in some Western commentators.
But despite such restrictions, some western practices seem to be creeping into Iranian pop.
To a lesser extent some Western powers are also pushing their own men or models.
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Following the Arab spring, some Western statesmen are keen to talk to the Brotherhood.
One has to do with accepting that there will be some Western victims of globalisation.
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Some Western leaders have suggested they could cut aid to countries which did not recognise gay rights.
India's growth may look enviable compared with some Western economies, many of which are close to or in recession.
Some Western companies are turning to emerging markets first to develop their products.
Some Western diplomats said Monday they hoped Mr. Annan would use the renewed focus on Syria at the U.N.
Mr Soros said the Russians should then set up a currency board, fixing the rouble to some Western currency.
It all sounds cosy, and indeed some western countries, America especially, believe Britain has treated its traitors absurdly leniently.
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Some Western diplomats ascribe this to the pressure hawks in the diaspora have applied to the Armenian president, Serzh Sargsyan.
China, the second largest apparel market in the world, has proved to be an important market for some western apparel retailers.
Yes, some western societies are disfigured by communities that have too much regard for themselves and not enough for each other.
Mr Vasile's plans for privatising the nation's telecommunications and other sectors this year may give some Western European firms new business opportunities.
In addition, he spoke out against the practice in some Western countries of dictating what clothes Muslim women can and cannot wear.
He has also teamed up with some western toy companies, including Crayola and Revell, to make their crayons and models in Russia.
Some Western oil companies, including BP, agreed to turn over a controlling interest to PdVSA, while others such as Exxon Mobil Corp.
But some Western diplomats and Palestinian officials hint that Mr Abbas, with a helping hand from Arab states, is quietly poised to climb down.
The agency has followed some Western intelligence services in becoming more open about its activities in recent years, and even launched a blog last year.
Backers of Shariah-compliant finance see an opportunity for expansion amid the global economic downturn, and some Western banks are welcoming this growing source of new business.
This year, as some Western economies lurch back into a second recession, many wonder whether the basic flaws of our financial system have been fixed at all.
Some Western and Afghan experts say that fifteen thousand American troops would not be enough to secure Afghanistan, particularly when it comes to the use of airpower.
Some western financiers in Moscow dream of Mr Kiriyenko being replaced as prime minister by the central-bank governor, Sergei Dubinin, though he is equally likely to be sacked.
The assurance has not allayed fears among some Western diplomats.
For example, some Western nations do not have the legal ability to impose restrictions on the export of missile technologies -- unless such technologies are controlled multilaterally by COCOM.
In an address yesterday to the National Press Club in Canberra, Australian Prime Minister John Howard laid out the case for disarming Iraq despite opposition from some Western nations.
Shariah finance likely will grow in coming years, with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates being followed by Indonesia, Turkey, Singapore and some Western countries as viable locations for expansion.
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