1.  Sihanouk said that he had advised Ranariddh to abandon the alliance after opposition from the KPNLF and certain foreign parties, a possible reference to China.

2.  He said several French and foreign parties had shown interest in taking over the company.

3.  In some programs foreign political parties have learned how to organize, raise funds, take polls, get out the vote and spin the media.

4.  It understands that two extra clauses which effectively stop foreign parties exporting raw mined product were included during closed-door assembly debate.

5.  The United States did not persuade others to outlaw bribes to foreign political parties.

6.  Arifin said the board received a lot of technical assistance from foreign parties to establish the exchange market.

7.  Asked whether Lityan plans to have other foreign joint ventures in the MSC, Rahmat said the company is talking with other foreign parties for joint ventures.

8.  Following a longstanding socialist tradition, Vietnam invited dozens of foreign communist parties to send representatives to its congress, held Friday through Monday.

9.  Foreign parties should first make an effort to study the path of economic progress charted by Malaysia before making any ignorant and cynical remarks.

10.  FOUR foreign parties are interested in acquiring a stake in Binariang Bhd, the operator of the Maxis Mobile network said.