But it is Anatoly Chubais and Boris Nemtsov, recently appointed twin first deputy prime ministers by Mr Yeltsin after his recovery from heart surgery and pneumonia, who are calling the shots.

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To be fair, the government faces one huge constraint: Law and Justice's Lech Kaczynski, twin brother of the former prime minister, who will be president until 2010.

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In Poland Jaroslaw Kaczynski, prime minister for 16 months from mid-2006, and his late twin brother Lech, who was president from 2005 to 2010, picked spectacular fights at home and abroad.

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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) Turkey's prime minister vowed Sunday his country won't be drawn into Syria's civil war, despite twin car bombings the government believes were carried out by a group of Turks with close ties to pro-government groups in Syria.

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