In the circumstances the last thing any government in Europe will want is to be seen to displease the new American president.

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The Indian government is in a bind as it doesn't want to strain relations with its southern neighbor, but at the same time also doesn't want to displease Tamil parties.

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The book will displease the noisy revisionists who want to play down the role of Europe in making us what we are -- even if our ancestors came from Africa or Asia.

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The affirmation will please the Palestinians, who argue that security talks must open the way for political ones, as much as it will displease the Israeli government, which is deeply reluctant to take up some of the suggestions made earlier this year by a group led by a former American senator, George Mitchell.

ECONOMIST: Israel and the Palestinians

This will displease Israel and the Americans, who have worked assiduously to remove him from both fields.

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That Mr Li apparently did not mention this pact to the private-equity bidders suggests that he knew his planned sale would displease his Chinese partner.

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