He declined to provide details, but his comments show Malaysia's growing impatience with the situation.

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Ayatollah Khamenei has made no secret of his growing impatience with the tensions between President Ahmadinejad and other officials over the nuclear issue.

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In time, he pleaded guilty to this: he came to see his growing impatience with the theatre as symptomatic of a need to express himself, instead of playing handmaiden to playwrights.

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That imbalance fuels growing impatience with the politicians.

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His diplomatic isolation is growing, with his ally Russia now voicing impatience.

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There is a growing diplomatic impatience in the West with the failure to resolve the Israel-Palestinian dispute - a rising sense that something must be done.

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American impatience with China's reluctance to let its currency appreciate has also been growing.

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