61.   The organization acquired international recognition in a way that did not please all members of the board.

62.   The other, and more influential, is Somaliland in the northwest, which has proclaimed itself a separate nation and lobbied for both international recognition and outside assistance.

63.   The Taliban controls more than three-quarters of Afghanistan but has almost no international recognition because of its human rights record.

64.   The Taliban will never get international recognition or foreign aid as long as they harbor him.

65.   The Taliban, a radical Islamic movement with few friends among nations, desperately wants international recognition and foreign aid.

66.   They believed they would get international recognition for their all-Bosnia rule, and did.

67.   Valdivieso, who won international recognition for his prosecution of drug-related corruption in Colombian political circles, said he would run as an independent candidate.

68.   Weintraub gained international recognition for developing technology to demonstrate what activates a gene.

69.   Peace talks chaired by Marker were revitalized earlier this year after Jakarta offered to grant autonomy to East Timor in exchange for international recognition of Indonesian sovereignty.

70.   President Lee Teng-hui vowed Thursday to overcome any obstacles in his drive to gain international recognition for Taiwan.