11.   The gun violence crisis is easing, not worsening.

12.   The lifting of the ban was seen as a sign that the South Korean government is confident the economic crisis has eased, traders said.

13.   But the energy crisis may soon ease somewhat.

14.   Fuel and Energy Minister David Zubitashvili said the energy crisis might ease later in the week after Russia starts to deliver natural gas to Georgia.

15.   Lim said that crisis will ease in mid-December, when the IMF bailout fund is expected to arrive.

16.   The crisis has eased as cases appears to be fading.

17.   The crisis has eased somewhat this week, but the markets are still nervous.

18.   The crisis has eased somewhat this week, but the markets were still nervous.

19.   The crisis eased when the Belarusian parliament agreed Friday to drop impeachment proceedings against President Alexander Lukashenko.

20.   The crisis has eased somewhat, but the markets are still nervous.