101.   Even though the former Soviet Union pledged to return art it had taken, some German officials accused Moscow of delaying the returns.

102.   The rebellious Inuits burned the Newfoundland flag and danced around a campfire Monday evening after provincial authorities decided to delay the return of the judge.

103.   The refugees were supposed to be repatriated in mid-September according to a peace accord brokered by Moscow, but Abkhazian authorities delayed their return until this month.

104.   Their much-awaited return was delayed twice last month for security reasons.

105.   Turc delayed her return from South Africa by several weeks to allow the storm to calm down.

106.   Zahir Shah twice delayed his return to Afghanistan after US President George W. Bush alerted Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of plots to kill him when he reached Kabul.

107.   Oil analysts here voiced their concern that renewed conflict in the Gulf would delay the return of Iraqi oil on to the international market.

108.   Peres said Monday that the secretary had delayed his return to the region because of Syrian stalling.

109.   Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin did not go as far as Peres but criticised Damascus for not resuming peace negotiations and delaying the return to Washington of its ambassador.

110.   Rumors have run rampant that King Sihanouk was delaying his return because he feared for his life, speculation that the king earlier this week discarded as nonsense.