31.   Last month, UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali suggested a series of austerity measures to extricate the world body from its unprecedented financial crisis.

32.   Saudi Arabia on Sunday introduced taxes on the consumption of oil products and visas for foreigners as Riyadh struggles to overcome an unprecedented financial crisis.

33.   The Communist Party, which has been trying to cope with an unprecedented crisis in popular confidence, has found in Li a role model of unexpected efficiency.

34.   The economic hardship has hit the living standards of most Iranians, especially white-color workers, and led to an unprecedented social crisis.