21.   These would bar Palestinian sovereignty in East Jerusalem, formal recognition of the right of return of the refugees and a full withdrawal from the West Bank.

22.   After losing four diplomatic allies to China this year, Taiwan scored a moderate coup Friday as it established formal recognition from the South Pacific nation of Marshall Islands.

23.   Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is holding out for formal recognition of his self-declared government.

24.   Bosnian Serb insistence that the agreement contain a more formal recognition of their self-declared state has been a major stumbling block, diplomatic sources said.

25.   But Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is holding out for formal recognition for a Bosnian Serb state.

26.   But Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who scuttled a previous peace plan last summer, is holding out for formal recognition for a separate Bosnian Serb state.

27.   But fearing international sanctions, it stops short of formal recognition or direct military aid.

28.   But Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic now is holding out for formal recognition to ensure he can preserve his own power.

29.   But it is still unclear whether Milosevic can politically afford formal recognition of Bosnia and Croatia, a key element of the U.S. initiative.

30.   China considers Taiwan a renegade province, and demands that countries sever their diplomatic ties with the island before it will extend them formal recognition.