11.   A decision by Botswana to remove fences on its border with Namibia will improve the survival chances of rare southern African animals, the World Wildlife Fund said Friday.

12.   But Jean-Rene Fournier, president of the Valais government, told reporters that survival chances of anyone caught in the slide were growing slimmer after three days.

13.   Cancer researchers have devised a genetic test that can accurately predict the survival chances of patients with some aggressive forms of lymphoma.

14.   Doctors said they were optimistic about the survival chances of the babies, who were on respirators.

15.   He declined to say how the temperature may affect survival chances.

16.   If the nine official black languages received similar support, they would have a better survival chance, and linguistic diversity would strengthen.

17.   Imagine a tiny baby, born so prematurely that its survival chances are virtually nil.

18.   Heart patients who have suffered cardiac arrest in the past can dramatically increase their survival chances by receiving an implanted defibrillator in their chest, researchers said Tuesday.

19.   His survival chances were boosted Wednesday when it emerged that the prosecutor who wants to indict him may not have sufficient evidence to put him on trial.