21.   Humanitarian aid may stop the spread of war and stabilize the region.

22.   In the wake of a nuclear tests carried out in South Asia, New Delhi said it has moved to stabilize the region.

23.   She also urged support for Annan as he tries to minimize civilian casualties and help stabilize the region.

24.   The summit is intended to work out strategy for developing and stabilizing the region, whose weak post-communist economies have been undermined by wars in the former Yugoslavia.

25.   With sporadic violence marring an agreement signed last month to stabilize the region, Bagapsh also expressed the hope progress could be achieved.

26.   French Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie on Monday visited French peacekeeping troops in Kosovo and thanked them for their role in stabilizing the region.

27.   Also saluting the new US-Vietnam relationship were Japan and the Philippines, with both countries saying the move could help stabilize the region as a whole.

28.   Its continued role in stabilizing the region was not expected to be affected by the NATO operation in Bosnia.