Syria has denied the allegations, saying the U.S. wants to divert attention from civil disorder in Iraq.

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Nor do Chileans want to see a decade of increasing but precarious prosperity jeopardised by civil disorder.

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The prime minister's personal approval rating has stayed ahead of Mr Papandreou's, but if civil disorder continues for much longer that will probably slide too.

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Syria has denied the allegations, saying they were "misinformation" to divert attention from civil disorder in Iraq after coalition forces took control of most of the country.

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Western European governments have been more worried than Washington about the potential for civil disorder and large-scale emigration from the Soviet Union, and have been lending the nation huge sums at concessionary rates.

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