61.   They claimed the steps came at their expense.

62.   A small step came Wednesday, a week and a half after Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest.

63.   Another step forward came in the November Balkans peace accord, which rejected amnesty for war criminals and barred indicted defendants from holding public office, he said.

64.   The step came after parliament looked set to defeat a proposed six-month extension of emergency rule, imposed in late November to fight Maoist rebels.