31.   The demolition of damaged buildings gathered pace.

32.   The flow of ethnic Albanians returning to Kosovo gathered pace Wednesday, with long lines of cars backed up at border crossings, U.N. officials said.

33.   The movement gathered pace in recent weeks alongside heightened tensions in the Middle East.

34.   Tose said the company faced a tight funding problem, particularly when the economic and currency crises in the region gathered pace.

35.   In August, Israel and Jordan opened their border near the Red Sea resorts of Aqaba and Eilat for the first time as peace moves gathered pace.

36.   In Tel Aviv, Ross on Wednesday briefed Rabin on his six hours of talks with Assad as peace moves gathered pace, Israeli officials said.

37.   In Tokyo a row over ticket allocations for the tournament gathered pace, with the Japanese government demanding an explanation for thousands of undelivered World Cup tickets.

38.   Iran on Wednesday ordered the expulsion of a British diplomat as a row between the two countries gathered pace.

39.   A torrent of books, films and exhibitions has fed the image-building exercise which has gathered pace even as his health is declining.

40.   And once tax revenues picked up again as the economic recovery gathered pace, the additional funds would be used to reduce debt, he said.