31.   Japan, the only other nation with fencing medals, has one silver and two bronzes.

32.   Kovacs arrived back earlier Thursday from his lobbying tour with his colleagues from the two other nations.

33.   Latvia, in addition to the two other Baltic nations of Estonia and Lithuania, have been strong supporters of the U.S.-led war effort in Afghanistan.

34.   Oman is not an OPEC member, unlike the two other Gulf nations.

35.   Norway and Italy were the only other nations with two golds.

36.   Representatives of the two other Arab nations, Morocco and Algeria, were also expected to send envoys.

37.   Spain has been backed by Portugal, the only other EU nation with a big interest in the turbot off Newfoundland.

38.   The decision had temporarily left the Gulf state of Qatar as the only other Arab nation in the Gulf region with commercial ties to Israel.

39.   The four other nations competing in the top World Group are France and Argentina, and South Africa and Spain.

40.   The other three nations clearly can benefit economically from increased links with Moscow.