31.   The toll makes it the worst outbreak since a similar one six years ago when two infants died in Saitama prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, the reports said.

32.   The worst outbreak of food poisoning in half a century also weighed on spending on fruit as well as outlays in restaurants.

33.   It was the worst outbreak of factional fighting in Afghanistan since Padsha Khan last tried to storm Gardez in January.

34.   More than four million head of livestock were slaughtered in Britain last year during the worst outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease ever recorded.

35.   Rose summoned both sides to a meeting at Sarajevo airport later Monday to discuss the worst outbreak of fighting since a ceasefire was declared in Sarajevo seven months ago.

36.   The fighting was the worst outbreak of factional violence in Afghanistan since Khan launched his last failed bid to storm the town in January.

37.   The fighting was the worst outbreak of factional violence in Afghanistan since Khan launched his previous failed bid to storm the town in January.