21.   But with the near collapse of Russian financial markets this year, the government has said it wants to improve its record on corporate governance.

22.   Sosa was responsible for steering Venezuela through the near collapse of its private banking system, a recession, double-digit inflation and currency devaluation.

23.   The Davos meeting is the first convening of world economic leaders since the near collapse of the World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle two months ago.

24.   Traffic chaos caused the near collapse of the cellular phone network in Zurich.

25.   Zimbabwe crept toward the required total but had only two wickets in hand in the end after a near collapse.

26.   Corruption under his administration became endemic and led to the near collapse of the national carrier Polynesian Airlines.

27.   Trichet was responsible for supervision of state-controlled banks in the years leading to the near collapse of Credit Lyonnais.

28.   The improvement is also due to an economic upturn in eastern Germany -- coming after the near collapse which followed reunification.