31.   About one-fourth of them were forcibly brought to the island by Japan to labor in coal mines or factories.

32.   All service personnel and their families had to depart the island by the end of August.

33.   Animals could spread the germs tested on the island by migrating to the mainland.

34.   Another neighbor had also told him to use herbal medicine from Kalimantan, brought from the island by his nephew who worked there as a forestry expert.

35.   Beijing views Taiwan, a Cold War ally of the United States, as a rebel province and has threatened to retake the island by force.

36.   Beijing fears that a Taiwan equipped with high-tech weaponry could resist Chinese pressure for reunification and even fight off any attempt to take the island by force.

37.   Brill spoke after Foreign Minister Alecos Michaelides informed him that Cyprus rejected a U.S. proposal for a moratorium of flights over the island by Greek and Turkish warplanes.

38.   Bush twice has recommended tighter restrictions on Cuba, not loosening the embargo, including making unauthorized travel to the island by American citizens more difficult.

39.   Canberra is paying all costs for housing and processing the refugees in a center hurriedly built on the island by Australian army engineers in September.

40.   China claims sovereignty over Taiwan and threatens to reunify with the island by force if necessary.