Despite shakiness in the military coalition, there is now the kernel of an agreement on Iraq's political future.

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Still, no matter how charming the dialogue, the shakiness of the translation can break immersion from time to time.

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Stocks largely reflected the shakiness of overleveraged industrials, and of course, financials.

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But given the shakiness of the forces' hold on Dili, the refugees may have to wait weeks, if not months, before returning to their homes.

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No Asian markets are currently hitting highs for the year, though Jakarta, after suffering some shakiness around the time of the Jakarta riots in July, is close.

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Naysayers, of whom there are plenty, point to the shakiness of its nascent stockmarket and the past two years' 30% fall in rental values as signs of diminished confidence.

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Their source is not just the shakiness of both countries' interim governments, which have largely been purged of ministers associated with old ways and are now led by fresh, untainted prime ministers.

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