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China-Australia relations have already been strained by a series of recent diplomatic controversies.
The genuflection to Beijing occurs just when Japan's relations with America have been strained by a dispute over a military base.
The debate over the temporary constitution has been strained by a number of issues, especially the role of Islam in governing the country.
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But a war that first entrenched the imperial presidency is now undermining it.Public support has been strained by a series of calamities: the failure to discover weapons of mass destruction, the prisoner abuse in Abu Ghraib, the administration's refusal to tell the truth about the strength of the resistance.
The interview with Jamie Lynn, 16, and her mother certainly drew copious attention to OK!, which sells far fewer copies than competitors like People and US Weekly, and provoked speculation about the relationship between OK! and the Spears family, which had been strained by a disastrous photo shoot with Britney six months ago.
The push to install a democracy here is strained by a bitterness expressed by many Falluja residents.
See articleRelations between Russia and NATO member Norway were strained by a naval incident.
This effort to salvage a dire real estate situation through very expensive government support was transpiring at an unfortunate juncture; the empire's finances were strained by a costly military commitment in a remote and clan-riven territory.
The intelligence community is preparing a series of reports on the impacts of climate change on individual countries like China and India, a study of alternative fuels and a look at how major power relations could be strained by a changing climate.
The vote came as relations between the countries were strained by a House committee's passage last week of a bill calling the World War I-era mass killing of Armenians an act of genocide.
