21.   Castro Tuesday gained strong support for his drive to press Washington to end the crippling embargo from a Latin American summit in Buenos Aires.

22.   UN mediator Cyrus Vance announced Tuesday that Greece would lift the crippling embargo under an agreement to be signed in New York next week.

23.   Yeltsin signed a decree providing humanitarian aid to the Serbs, who are under a crippling UN economic embargo.

24.   Yeltsin said he had signed a decree providing humanitarian aid to the Serbs, who are under a crippling UN economic embargo.

25.   Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohmmad Said al-Sahhaf visited Qatar Saturday to lobby for support in getting the crippling embargo ended.

26.   Only then should the crippling embargo be lifted, Chernomyrdin said.

27.   President Saddam Hussein urged Iraqis Wednesday to be patient and withstand foreign pressure amid a crippling UN embargo which has forced the government to cut rations of basic foodstuffs.

28.   The crippling embargo has led to rampant inflation and rising food prices.