Australia remains one of Nauru's two main diplomatic and economic partners, along with the Republic of China (Taiwan).

Iran is big and strategically important, and someday it will again become a viable diplomatic as well as economic partner.

But and the Bush administration has now rebuffed its diplomatic partners and put the plan on hold until after the crisis in Iraq is resolved, administration officials said.

Kitson has estimated that around 2000 individuals were arrested by the collaborating French State on charges of spying for Vichy's diplomatic partner: Germany.

Until now, both Mr. Bush and his diplomatic partners have managed to sidestep any really tough choices when it comes to Iran's nuclear program.

After what could have led to an incident and a confiscated camera, were it not for my diplomatic partner in crime, I was very careful with recording anything.

The United States is Nigeria's greatest trading partner and is undeniably its most important diplomatic partner.

Palestinian leaders must re-establish their credibility as legitimate diplomatic partners by irrevocably rejecting terrorism and doing all in their power to combat it.

Part of the problem is that the North is about as unpalatable a diplomatic partner as one can imagine, making Iraq look like a democracy.

The goal has to be to transform formerly threatening countries into economic and diplomatic partners.