31.   New Zealand and Sri Lanka canceled tours to Pakistan, and the West Indies requested a neutral venue because of continuing U.S. military action in Afghanistan.

32.   Other measures include visitors signing in and out of team hotels and increased security at neutral venues, such as Sharjah.

33.   Rugova said such a conference at a neutral venue would give all Kosovo factions the opportunity to participate.

34.   Rio was chosen as a neutral venue for talks aimed at easing tensions between the Netherlands and its former colony.

35.   Sharjah was named as a neutral venue after the West Indies declined to play in Pakistan because of safety concerns from the ongoing violence in neighboring Afghanistan.

36.   The club was successful in changing the home and away tie to a one-off game in a neutral venue.

37.   The ITF Fed Cup committee considered neutral venues but the short lead time favored the tie going to the United States, the statement said.

38.   The supply ship is considered a neutral venue by both sides.

39.   The West Indies canceled a scheduled tour of Pakistan earlier in the year but then agreed to play at a neutral venue at Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

40.   To break the deadlock, the two countries proposed in August that the men be tried by a Scottish court sitting in the Netherlands as a neutral venue.