But the plane has never left the ground because, in the U.S.-backed government of Hamid Karzai, General Dostum is something of a persona non grata.

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And the iPad mini is virtually a persona tabula non grata among that crowd -- regardless of possible differences in build quality, camera quality, screen size or the absence of ads.

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The ministry said Mr. Fogle had been declared persona non grata and demanded his immediate departure in a meeting Tuesday with U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul.

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The country's foreign ministry said in a statement that Nabih Ismail had been declared persona non grata.

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The ministry said Mr. Fogle had been declared persona non grata and Russia demanded his immediate departure in a meeting Tuesday with U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul.

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She was virtually declared persona non grata by Miami Cubans after she ordered the return of Elian Gonzalez, a six-year-old who had travelled to America on a raft, to his father in Cuba.

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But drugs and alcohol quickly took a toll on the actor who, after several brushes with the police, became persona non grata in the film industry.

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He is a canny, theologically conservative populist, whose scathing references to Jews and homosexuals have made him persona non grata in America and, as of 2008, Britain.

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