11.   The protests prompted President Fidel Ramos to downgrade relations with Singapore and ban the deployment of new Filipina maids in the island republic.

12.   White House spokeswoman Dee Dee Myers stressed that the United States did not plan to downgrade its relations with Seoul now that contacts with Pyonyang were underway.

13.   Widespread belief here that Contemplacion was innocent led Manila to downgrade relations with Singapore and ban further deployment of maids to that country.

14.   Last month, Belarus recalled its newly-appointed ambassador to Washington, Valery Tsepkalo, in retaliation for the US move to downgrade its relations with Minsk.

15.   President Fidel Ramos downgraded relations with Singapore after the hanging of Contemplacion.

16.   Press reports said the EU could threaten to downgrade relations with Israel if the project became law.

17.   The outcry forced Philippine President Fidel Ramos to downgrade relations with this city-state, which went ahead with the hanging after rejecting his plea to delay it.

18.   The protests prompted Philippine President Fidel Ramos to downgrade relations with Singapore.