21.   There has been mounting speculation that Savimbi would become vice-president, and he himself has strongly hinted he would be prepared to take up the post.

22.   There has been mounting speculation that the bomb may be a prelude to a loyalist ceasefire.

23.   It comes after several weeks of mounting speculation in recent weeks that Deng is dead or dying.

24.   Labour heavyweight and former interior minister Raim Haimon urged the prime minister to clear up the mounting speculation once and for all.

25.   Labour heavyweight and former interior minister Raim Haimon on Wednesday urged the prime minister to clear up the mounting speculation once and for all.

26.   Nasreen arrived amid mounting speculation she would be granted asylum in Europe after being bailed by a Bangladesh court on the blasphemy charges.

27.   Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin on Wednesday refused to confirm mounting speculation that Russian Defence Minister Pavel Grachev is about to be sacked.

28.   The clear reply put paid to months of mounting speculation, although the nature of his choice had for most informed observers not been seriously in doubt.