31.   Backing down under international pressure, Serbia has agreed not to expel the American who leads human rights monitors in the troubled southern province of Kosovo.

32.   A senior Israeli official attributed the drop to tightened Israeli security and international pressure on Arafat.

33.   A string of embarrassing incidents has increased international pressure on Switzerland.

34.   Adding to growing international pressure on Zimbabwe, Congress approved incentives on Tuesday intended to persuade President Robert Mugabe to halt government abuses and undertake market reforms.

35.   Added to this sustained international pressure is the fact that the annual summit meeting of Commonwealth countries will be in New Zealand in November.

36.   After agreeing under international pressure to a peace plan last fall, the authoritarian Serb leader resumed his ethnic cleansing attacks.

37.   After insisting that there was no evidence that Lileikis participated in murders, the Lithuanian government reversed its decision in the face of international pressure.

38.   After intense international pressure, President Suharto signed an economic reform package on Thursday that is expected to help pull Indonesia out of its financial slump.

39.   After international pressure forced the generals to surrender control, the new president promised to work to distribute economic benefits equitably.

40.   Bowing to international pressure, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat ordered Palestinians to stop shooting.