31.   It was an apparent reference to the emir of Kuwait, Sheik Jaber al-Ahmed al-Sabah.

32.   It was an apparent reference to the fact that opposition lawmakers won control of Congress last week.

33.   It was an apparent reference to Eritrea, which hosted a conference of Sudanese opposition groups earlier this summer.

34.   It was also a year filled with social and political upheavals, he said, in an apparent reference to riots prior to the May general election.

35.   It was an apparent reference to the U.N. economic embargo slapped on Iraq after it invaded Kuwait, which includes sanctions against oil exports.

36.   It was an apparent joking reference to the reason why he lost his last Santa job.

37.   It was an apparent reference to efforts by the government to end the long-running civil war and get the economy back on track.

38.   Kagame also criticized opponents of the initiative, an apparent reference to former President Pasteur Bizimungu and foreign-based Hutu-led opposition groups.

39.   Khatami did not elaborate but the comment was an apparent reference to the threat of U.S.-led forces attacking Iraq as part of the war against terrorism.

40.   Moments later, Karadzic came out of the building and made apparent references, during an interview, to the war crimes charges against him and other Serbs.