41.   The conference opened in Istanbul on Monday.

42.   The conference opened on Wednesday.

43.   The conference opened with a call for protecting weak economies that had recently introduced free markets.

44.   The conference opens Friday in Durban, South Africa.

45.   The energy secretary said his security was tightened after an explosion that killed a British man and injured his wife on Friday, the day the conference opened.

46.   The non-binding plan was adopted by consensus when the conference opened Wednesday.

47.   The three-day conference opened Wednesday.

48.   The skirmishes were the first significant disruption since the International Society for Animal Genetics conference opened Friday under heavy security.

49.   The two-day conference opened in the Iranian capital amid growing anger in the Arab world against Israel over escalating violence in the Middle East.

50.   There were no reports of any casualties in the hotel, where an international oil conference opened Wednesday.