21.   FORMER Soviet republics yesterday agreed to join a unified team for the Olympic Games in Barcelona this summer.

22.   Other areas which Mr Chambers believed could drain funds from the UK included the former Soviet republics, Iran and Venezuela.

23.   The people of Cerska are among tens of thousands of Muslims encircled by Serbs in eastern Bosnia since civil war broke out in the former Yugoslav republic last March.

24.   The Latvians, in common with other former Soviet republics, are still afflicted by a preponderance of forms.

25.   Form-filling is almost a way of life in these former Soviet republics and Walker, not surprisingly, recommended a streamlining of this practice.

26.   The Commission wants permission from the member states to widen the terms of its mandate to negotiate a partnership agreement with Russia and other former Soviet republics.

27.   Also because when all is said and done, Russia has higher living standards than other former Soviet republics.

28.   Among other things, he has encouraged former Soviet republics in Central Asia like Uzbekistan to open their bases to U.S. troops and planes.

29.   Among the primary prospects for ARCO and other Western oil companies are Russia and some of the former Soviet republics like Kazakstan and Azerbaijan.

30.   Among these countries are developing nations like Bangladesh or former Soviet republics like Ukraine.