61.   President Zoran Lilic of Yugoslavia arrived Wednesday to start a four-nation African tour aimed at relaxing diplomatic isolation facing Belgrade after the Balkan conflict.

62.   Taiiwan fights hard to avoid diplomatic isolation by mainland China and Beijing cuts ties to any nation that recognizes Taiwan.

63.   Taiwan has sought recently to break out of its diplomatic isolation, provoking harsh protests from China.

64.   Taiwan tries to break out of the diplomatic isolation by asking countries, mostly those in Europe, to allow its leaders to have stopovers or brief unofficial visits.

65.   Taiwan has been eager to raise its international profile, fearing its diplomatic isolation could prompt China to use force and take the island back into its fold.

66.   Taiwan has sought in recent months to break out of its diplomatic isolation, provoking harsh protests from China.

67.   Taiwan is considering setting up an international organization to break the diplomatic isolation imposed on it by China, a senior government official said Saturday.

68.   Taiwan tries to break out of its diplomatic isolation by lobbying for its leaders to visit new cities and nations, such as the Netherlands.

69.   Taiwanese officials regard the exercise as a warning to Taipei that it should not try to break out of its diplomatic isolation.

70.   The diplomatic isolation and economic chaos have split the Islamic leadership, a startling development for a party long celebrated as the best-organized in Sudan, diplomats say.