1.   A smile of lath opened amid powdery fallout.

2.   The announcement amounted to an extraordinary reversal for Euro Disney, which opened amid immense celebration and widespread predictions of immediate success.

3.   Easdaq opens amid a surge in interest among European markets in small-company stocks.

4.   Instead it galvanized the millions of tourists, who flocked to the site of the bombing in the days after the park opened amid heightened security.

5.   THe current Lusaka round opened amid manuvering and posturing on both sides.

6.   On Tuesday, parliament adjourned barely an hour after it opened amid uproarious protests by opposition members on the Bihar issue.

7.   President George W. Bush declared the Games open amid some of the tightest security in the long history of the Olympics.

8.   Share trading on the RTS was suspended for three hours before opening amid signs the market was about to plunge.

9.   Standard Chartered Bank and Barclays Bank opened amid heavy security in Freetown, which was the scene of heavy fighting less than two months ago.

10.   The Halifax summit will open amid a persistent weakness of the American dollar.