Even if the worst does not happen, Indonesia's chaos has been bad news for its neighbours.

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Syria is used to having bad relations with its neighbours, but it has never been so isolated as now.

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Mr Bishop said the problem is so bad he and his neighbours can no longer hang washing out in their back gardens.

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Nor does Britain look so bad in comparison with the neighbours.

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The immediate result will be more mergers among neighbours, such as the one, stimulated by bad property loans, between two co-op banks in Berlin last year.

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Neighbours told The Record newspaper that the Quezada family had suffered bad luck in recent years, including a home burglary and a fire in their store.

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