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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is one of President Bush's closest allies, and Rice's speech comes as Japan has claimed an increasingly assertive role on the world stage.
He analyzed President Xi's speech at the Party Congress from a foreign policy perspective and said that it strongly indicated that China intended to play a more assertive role on the world stage.
Mr Modi, who rose from humble beginnings as a tea-seller, has tried hard to propel India into a more assertive role on the international stage, visiting almost 30 countries and calling for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for his nation of 1.2 billion people.
That would be a real test of Europe's interest in playing a more assertive role on security.
WASHINGTON — After maintaining a low profile in protests led largely by secular young Egyptians, the Muslim Brotherhood, the country's largest opposition force, appeared to be taking a more assertive role on Thursday, issuing a statement asking for President Hosni Mubarak to step aside for a transitional government.
The decision, announced two days before Mr. Kaifu's scheduled departure, was widely viewed here as a blow to Tokyo's efforts to play a more assertive diplomatic role on the world stage.
The ruling on Friday will be the latest in a series of influential court judgments since the king, in 2006, encouraged judges to take a more assertive role in the country's conflicts.
Hobart, with his experience as a presiding officer in the New Jersey Legislature, took a more assertive role, ruling on disputes, and trying to expedite legislation.
During the campaign, the assertive role that Hahn's office took on the consent decree issue was prominently touted by the city attorney as an indication that he was up to the job of mayor.
To prevent the breakdown of Iraq's troubled transition and a potential civil war, Iraq's new government appealed to the Bush administration yesterday to take a much more assertive role, particularly on four key political and military issues, according to Iraqi and U.S. officials.
