21.   Claiming major success in fighting international terror, NATO on Wednesday said it spearheaded a crippling blow against a Bosnia-based network linked to Middle East extremists.

22.   Seven years of U.N. economic sanctions dealt more crippling blows.

23.   The falling price has been a windfall for oil consumers, but a crippling blow for OPEC and other oil producers.

24.   The seizure dealt a crippling blow to Greenpeace, which has lost three other vessels since the start of its protests in early September.

25.   The split could deal hardliners remaining loyal to Pol Pot a crippling blow and shorten the war.

26.   The United States said Tuesday that it opposes extending the international security force in Afghanistan beyond Kabul, dealing a crippling blow to hopes for a broadened peacekeeping operation.

27.   His killing dealt a crippling blow to the peace process in the copper-rich territory.

28.   However, the opposition may then have tabled a vote of no confidence, which if upheld, would be a crippling blow to the government.

29.   Information Minister Dharmasiri Senanayake said the attacks against the Kolonnawa refined oil tank farm and the nearby Orugodawatte crude oil storage facility were a crippling blow to the economy.

30.   But a crippling blow could be delivered if the draft footnote goes through, they say.