11.   Agreement on a currency has been one of the issues holding up a new conference of donors of aid to the battered country.

12.   Bellamy delivered her message to President Denis Sassou-Nguesso during a visit to this battered country.

13.   Exports to economically battered Asian countries are likely to also remain weak in the foreseeable future.

14.   He is scheduled to return to his battered country on Tuesday.

15.   It was the second time this month U.N. envoy Mahmood Mestiri journeyed to Kabul as part of his ongoing efforts to broker a peace deal for the battered country.

16.   Kabbah was forced to flee Sierra Leone a year ago this month after Koroma staged a bloody military coup to seize power in this battered West African country.

17.   On Thursday, Clinton offered to send ground forces to the battered country to help mount, if necessary, a NATO operation to withdraw United Nations peacekeepers.

18.   The crisis moved to center stage at the summit after President Clinton offered to send ground forces to the battered country.

19.   The tribal eastern alliance, helped by American commandos, claimed they had routed al-Qaida from the battered country.

20.   The United States is playing a major role in providing aid to this battered country.