91.   Though no country has recognized its independence, Chechnya asserts it is a sovereign nation and defies Moscow.

92.   Though nominally independent, few other countries recognized the often corrupt homeland governments and many blacks saw their officials as collaborating with white rule.

93.   Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin is reported to have said that the Southeast Asian countries should have recognized that speculation was part of normal activities in the capital market.

94.   Two countries recognized each other a year ago.

95.   Two Georgian regions bordering on Russia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, have already declared independence, although no foreign country recognizes their bid.

96.   Up to now, South Africa has been the most significant country recognize Taiwan, a friend of the former apartheid regime.

97.   He said both countries recognized that the risk of war was hurting their economies and their people by discouraging investment and tourism.

98.   Beijing does not allow any country to recognize both simultaneously.

99.   Borujerdi, whose country recognizes the Kabul government, called on the Afghan opposition to hold direct talks with the government.

100.   Thirty-one countries recognize Taipei instead of Beijing as the legal government of all of China.