31.   Eritrea severed relations with Sudan last year to protest alleged Sudanese support for Islamic militants seeking to overthrow the government.

32.   First Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Chubais also said he was severing relations with the Harvard institute that dismissed the two men, and which advises Russia on economic reform.

33.   Foreign Minister Sheik Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani did not say whether Qatar would completely sever relations with Israel, which are based on the trade mission.

34.   He has said he may sever relations with the city-state if the commission finds that Mrs. Contemplacion was unjustly hanged.

35.   However, that move could appease the Serbs who severed relations with NATO after the two Serb officers were detained and flown to The Hague on a NATO plane.

36.   In an effort to isolate Taiwan, China prohibits dual recognition and severs relations with countries choosing to recognize the island.

37.   In an earlier speech Wednesday, Ramos threatened to sever relations with Singapore if a commission he established found that Mrs. Contemplacion had been wrongly hanged.

38.   In Jordan, people urged their government to sever relations with Israel.

39.   Iran severed relations with the Egypt following the revolution.

40.   Iran severed its relations with the Egypt following the revolution.