1.   A fledgling economic recovery in France is fanning demand for consumer and housing loans, although corporate demand for credit remains weak.

2.   A fledgling French economic recovery is also fanning demand for consumer and housing loans, offsetting still-weak corporate lending.

3.   A fledgling French economic recovery is also fanning demand for consumer and housing loans, offsetting weak corporate lending.

4.   For one thing, it fanned foreign demand for U.S. assets as the dollar-denominated returns they offered rose in value in foreign-currency terms.

5.   But nine years of heavy-handed rule by Serbia, the dominant republic in Yugoslavia, have only fanned demands for independence.

6.   But nine years of heavy-handed Serbian rule, enforced with a strong police and army presence, have only fanned demands for independence.