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Beijing is preparing for a political transition that could make it averse to diplomatic controversy, and a vocal Chinese expatriate community in Iran is a force for preserving ties between the nations.

Petar Stoyanov, Bulgaria's gladiatorial president Odd relations Weak on terror Hope and fear More smiles ReprintsIn the other town, the small coastal resort of Herceg Novi, a group of parties committed to preserving ties with Yugoslavia managed to wrest control of the local assembly from the ruling coalition.

India's great foreign policy challenge going forward is to manage a rapidly growing partnership with America as the reigning superpower while at the same time preserving ties with old powerful friends, such as Russia; improving relations with new powerful friends, such as China; and maintaining a strong position of leadership among the nations of the developing world.

But Dutch officials have recently taken a softer approach, to preserve ties.

His security forces had kept a close watch on the Sinai border, in part to keep out Islamist radicals who Mr. Mubarak feared could threaten his rule and in part to preserve ties with the United States and Israel.

"The bottom line for us is we feel that we have demonstrated that local control works, because it preserves ties to family and education," said John Feinblatt, the mayor's chief adviser for policy and strategic planning.

The excuse was that Israeli diplomats were on strike, but officials say the real motive was a desire to preserve ties with Russia, protect the welfare of that country's large Jewish community and prevent the sale of S-300 missiles to Iran and Syria.In this section Putin's targeted strike Arabia Infelix Hoping for a reprieve A pill for work and play May the only man win Black to trump white?

Mr. Ould Daddah campaigned for a "yes" vote on preserving some ties with France in a referendum in 1958, two years before independence.

Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood president, walking a fine line between placating his angry Islamic constituency and preserving his ties with the United States, condemned the violence and the offending film that incited the protests.

On the debate in Britain over a hard Brexit, leaving the UK outside the single market, or a soft Brexit preserving more ties, Barnier said he could not say what the difference was.

Paul Nuttall, a British member of the European Parliament, decried a study of the issue as wasteful, complaining that prisons were already like "holiday camps" when they should be a punishment.Yet evidence does suggest that conjugal visits not only reduce prison violence but also reduce recidivism by preserving family ties.