91.   As the Christmas shopping season winds down, British merchants are happy to hear a little more jingle in the cash box.

92.   But activists protested the detentions, saying merchants should be free to sell their goods.

93.   But Human rights groups protested the detentions, saying merchants should be free to sell their goods.

94.   But many merchants were reluctant to sell some items, particularly imported goods whose wholesale costs are pegged to hard currencies, until the kyat stabilized.

95.   But not all merchants are happy with the Indian lenders.

96.   Chinese and Indian merchants were particular targets of the looters.

97.   Despite trade and economic sanctions imposed on Burma by United States President Bill Clinton in April, the deputy minister said U.S. merchants were among those participating.

98.   He visited burned out shops and told merchants there was no place in Indonesia for prejudice and racism.

99.   Labib Kamhawi of the University of Jordan disagrees, saying the new merchants are simply war profiteers.

100.   Merchants already are on alert for celebrations that can fast become riots.