111.   With even some Republicans demanding quicker fixes, presidential advisers for the first time were offering short-term relief from high energy bills.

112.   A weather change favoured the afternoon starters as the breeze dropped and a developing cloud cover offered some relief from the sun.

113.   But this would only offer slight relief, said analysts.

114.   The results offer some relief to Chirac who last week saw his slight lead over Jospin disappear in a number of surveys.

115.   The scheme would offer relief to certain countries whose long-term debt is deemed to be unsustainable and who meet specific criteria over a six-year period.

116.   Tokyo also intends to offer disaster relief for flood victims in the reclusive communist nation.

117.   Some relief is offered to the Kabul poor by humanitarian agencies who offer either food for work schemes, or subsidised bread from special bakeries.