11.   Slight progress has been made in the Israeli-Syria peace negotiations, but wide gaps continue to block a comprehensive peace treaty.

12.   Though McCarthy is part of a wave of growing minority homeowners, latest census figures from several states show a gap in homeownership continues to exist along racial lines.

13.   Schumacher, who had been leading the race, was now in second place behind Hill, and the gap continued to widen right until the chequered flag.