21.   Seventeen countries, as well as Hong Kong and the European Union, were planning to send ministers to the Mexico City meeting.

22.   The left-wing government wanted to rule by example, sending the ministers into the subway, trying to sway the public to do likewise.

23.   The government sent ministers to the funerals of the slain policemen, who were buried in their hometowns.

24.   The move also is supported by Sweden and Belgium, which sent ministers to the conference.

25.   They will instead send their ministers.

26.   He sent his minister for the elderly, Paulette Guinchard-Kunstler, to aid and comfort relatives of the victims.

27.   Besides Rawlings, five other heads of state were present, while the rest sent senior ministers to represent them.

28.   Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, which provided air support to the uprising, have sent their ministers of defence.

29.   Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, which provided air support to the uprising, sent their ministers of defence.

30.   Countries sending ministers will include Italy, Spain, Germany, Greece, Egypt, Russia and Tunisia, the officials said.