21.   A version of the resolution was eventually adopted, with the United States and several Western nations abstaining from the vote.

22.   According to these accounts, Western nations, including the United States, said any form of military intervention would be condemned.

23.   After helping to instigate, arm and finance the Bosnian war, he convinced Western nations that he was indispensable to guarantee the peace.

24.   After Western nations made it clear they had no interest in assembling a U.N. peacekeeping force for Abkhazia, Shevardnadze cut a deal with the Russians.

25.   Britain broke relations and other Western nations temporarily withdrew their ambassadors.

26.   But after huge investments from Western nations, peace was declared in January this year.

27.   But many fear these countries are already repeating mistakes Western nations made as they industrialized.

28.   But no major Western nation faces financial pressure as intense as that of Sweden, where citizens remain downright coddled by American standards.

29.   But the military and police training being offered by Western nations has only begun in the past week.

30.   But the Russian campaign has drawn mounting criticism from Western nations, who have complained that Moscow has not taken proper precautions to minimize civilian deaths.