21.   The Iranian people have already paid a high price for the international isolation they have endured for two decades.

22.   The mid-day blast ripped through downtown storefronts and came amid increasing international isolation of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

23.   The release of Suu Kyi is widely seen as an attempt to end the international isolation of the military regime.

24.   The U.S. Embassy in Colombo recently warned the Tigers that they would face further international isolation if credible reports of recruitment of children and abduction and extortion continue.

25.   Their military forces are severely degraded, and growing international isolation is choking off the supply lines and income critical to maintaining control.

26.   Though crippled by sanctions, Iraq is starting to edge out of its international isolation.

27.   Together these add up to a profile of the quiet desperation of ordinary Iranian lives in a society ravaged by revolution, war and international isolation.

28.   Tripoli is showing signs of wanting to end its international isolation.

29.   Washington and other Western nations should make clear they expect Pakistan to abide by the new sanctions or risk its own further international isolation.

30.   Western governments contributed by threatening further international isolation if the election results were not fully respected.