11.   Arab diplomats had speculated the reported expulsions were related to clashes between government troops and Muslim activists in Benghazi and Dirnah, both on the Mediterranean close to Egypt.

12.   Diplomats speculate Aristide is behind the party, making a surreptitious comeback and readying to challenge President Rene Preval.

13.   Internal unrest in Albania, touched off by Kosovo, could offer Berisha and his allies the footholds they need to climb back toward power, diplomats speculated.

14.   Internal unrest in Albania, touched off by the fighting in Kosovo, could offer Berisha and his allies an opening to climb back into power, diplomats speculated.

15.   The diplomat also speculated that the U.S. offer was primarily an incentive to win Third World support for cutbacks in the U.N. bureaucracy.

16.   The nature of the disease was not known, although some diplomats speculated he was suffering from malaria.

17.   U.N. diplomats speculated that African and Latin American countries backed Portugal because of its links to both continents.

18.   But according to The Miami Herald newspaper, diplomats are speculating that Lima has already made informal pleas to Castro to help end the crisis.

19.   It was not clear what the problems were, although several diplomats speculated they might be health related as the king frequently travels to China for medical treatment.

20.   No diplomat would speculate on whether the proposed sanctions would have the desired effect.