1.   Any fuelling stops are likely to embarrass allies, and cause even greater problems with less friendly nations.

2.   Abacha ignored the rest of the world but Abubakar has appeared eager to reach out to friendly nations.

3.   Aliyev also expressed interest in someday shipping oil through Iran, an alarming idea for U.S. officials backing a route that passes through nations friendly to the West.

4.   But Stalin wanted to build a cordon of friendly nations around Russia.

5.   But the position of our office is that friendly nations assist each other in law enforcement matters.

6.   But the Foreign Ministry has not said how the information will be used or whether it will be shared later with other nations friendly to Russia.

7.   Case officers were told not to take actions that could offend friendly nations, and even former adversaries such as Russia.

8.   Damaged, perhaps beyond repair, U.S. efforts to get friendly nations to help the containment at economic cost to themselves.

9.   Did they enter through Canada or some other friendly nation?

10.   Even in nations friendly to the West like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, women are denied almost all of these rights.