41.   His lawyers said that after the successful operation he had traveled to Italy to rest.

42.   Hospital officials said Haavisto was making a satisfactory recovery after a successful operation.

43.   In November he underwent a successful operation to repair a damaged valve.

44.   It said it was probably the first successful operation in China on Siamese twins under a month old.

45.   Its deputy director, Abdul Khalil Abdul Manap said this was the second successful operation this year.

46.   It was their third successful operation.

47.   Last November, only four months after a successful operation to remove a cataract from her left eye, the queen mother underwent a total hip replacement.

48.   Leftist rebels gunned down a regional military commander in response to a series of successful anti-kidnapping operations, a Colombian army chief said Friday.

49.   Mother Teresa underwent surgery to unclog two heart arteries Friday, and doctors who performed the successful operation said she would have died without it.

50.   Nevertheless, the report highlighted several successful operations against smugglers last year.