The Vatican responded testily to the findings, saying that though it would submit them "to a thorough study and examination", it regretted what it perceived to be interference in its affairs.
Canada's Foreign Ministry said a Sudanese diplomat would be expelled from Canada within days in response to Sudan's decision last week to expel Canada's chargé d'affaires, Nuala Lawlor, whom it accused of "meddling in its affairs".
"But it's become bolder in its affairs, not just with relatively neutral countries, but even with a country like Venezuela, which is openly hostile to the United States".
The BBC adds: "Iran has singled out Britain and the BBC in its widespread condemnation of what it calls meddling by foreign powers in its affairs.
The group's Deputy leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor sent an open letter to Baghdadi last month, in which he said it "doesn't want to see interference in its affairs," insisting that there was room for only "one flag, one leadership, and one command" in the fight to establish Islamic rule in Afghanistan.
Finally, you can forget about France, the former colonial power in Chad (and arch-meddler in its affairs, with over 1,000 troops stationed there) doing it alone.
He has immersed himself in its affairs more than most.
China criticised the UK for interfering in its affairs.
But Dublin is resisting this sort of intrusion in its affairs, Mr. Lucey said.
And what about the mafia's putative annoyance at interference in its affairs?
Local politicians spoke up to keep the agency from losing contracts, and intervened in its affairs.
