21.   Dobbins said the assumption of power by the interim Karzai administration for the next six months heralded the end of the alliance.

22.   News of the breakthrough heralding the end of three months of sabre-rattling was flashed by television stations in the South.

23.   Sarajevo awoke to the rumble of trams Wednesday as power line repairs restored power to the city and heralded the end of a Serb-orchestrated utilities blackout.

24.   The encounter has been eagerly awaited in Asian capitals as possibly heralding an end to US-China friction and the start of a new era of smoother ties.