41.   Aides to Rifkind said that the decision to raise the issue at the United Nations was not a veiled warning to China that it must respect its treaty obligations.

42.   Belgium has already suspended bilateral aid to the central African country, while the Netherlands has suspended direct aid, and the European Union has issued a veiled warning.

43.   But as the first elements of the force arrived, former Afghan king Mohammed Zahir Shah issued a thinly veiled warning about interference by foreign powers in Afghan affairs.

44.   But he did issue a veiled warning, which analysts say was aimed at discouraging Dostam from committing himself finally to war with the Taliban.

45.   But Muoi used the occasion of a meeting with the Vietnamese Episcopal Council Friday to issue a veiled warning to Catholics not to oppose the government.

46.   China also announced it had staged major naval manoeuvres in the East China Sea, where the islands are located, in another veiled warning to Japan.

47.   China has made several diplomatic protests to Japan over the dispute and recently staged war games on similar islands seen as a veiled warning to Japan.

48.   Dutton gave a veiled warning about deep-rooted fears among the many Hongkongers who associate the PLA with bloody images of tanks crushing student demonstrators in Tiananmen Square.

49.   Earlier Saturday, Sanaa had issued a veiled warning that it might use force if Eritrea did not withdraw from the island.

50.   Earlier Saturday, Yemen had issued a veiled warning that it might use force if Eritrea did not withdraw from the island.