1.   That explains why Thailand, under Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai, is trying to jump-start an Asean initiative to end the current impasse in its eastern neighbour.

2.   However it has asked a court in Dusseldorf to investigate if Wolf carried out his spying activities against what was then West Germany from outside its eastern neighbour.

3.   However it has asked a court in Duesseldorf to investigate if Wolf carried out his spying activities against what was then West Germany from outside its eastern neighbour.

4.   Iran has played host to more than two million Afghan refugees over three decades of civil war and foreign invasions in its eastern neighbour.

5.   A fresh new era has dawned in the once hostile relations between Afghanistan and its eastern neighbour Pakistan, Afghan Interior Minister Mohammed Yunus Qanooni said Wednesday.

6.   The troubled ties between the Afghan government and its eastern neighbour Pakistan are showing definite signs of warming, foreign minister Najibullah Lafraie said Wednsday.

7.   They were trailed by others who support the pact and consider it the only way to avert the sort of ethnic conflicts that have scarred some eastern European neighbours.

8.   Those references looked sure to please the Iranian leadership, which considers the two themes as pivotal when referring to its eastern neighbour.

9.   US President George W. Bush warned Iran last week against any attempt to destabilize its eastern neighbour.

10.   Kinshasa has accused its eastern neighbours of aiding the rebels.