11.   There was the degree to which the New London tragedy, with its high percentage of young victims, stirred international sympathy.

12.   To sustain international sympathy, the joke-cracking, poetry-writing Marcos penned missives transmitted over the Internet by a collection of Webmasters.

13.   Understand, also, that each side is vying for international sympathy in a propaganda war stoked by bodies and emotional funerals.

14.   Unlike Zeugma, Hasankeyf has elicited a flood of international sympathy, in part because it lies within the Kurdish heartlands.

15.   Powell believes international sympathy for Afghanistan will be evident next week in Japan, when donor countries meet to pledge assistance.

16.   Peru has accused Ecuador of dragging its feet on an accord and said Ecuador was trying to gain international sympathy by presenting itself as the victim.

17.   As in other wars, each side in the Bosnian war has tended to publicize civilian casualties, which can bring international sympathy.

18.   Beyond that, however, Russia feels it is the victim of a double standard and resents the lack of international sympathy for its battle with Chechen rebels.

19.   Despite international sympathy for their plight, the Albanians are in a tough spot diplomatically.

20.   Gusmao has won international sympathy, too.