31.   The authorities said the ring had been smuggling women into the country since at least last summer.

32.   The center has had a continuous presence in the country since last August to monitor the drafting and approval of the new constitution.

33.   The Bedouin tribes of Saudi Arabia have ranged the northern half of the country since Biblical times, when they paid camels as tribute to Assyrian overlords.

34.   The class action consolidates about two dozen lawsuits with similar complaints filed all over the country since March.

35.   The issue of land ownership has bedeviled the country since independence.

36.   The idea of a world court that could bring dictators to the dock has been supported by several countries since the Nuremberg Trials after World War II.

37.   The new Hungarian prime minister, Gyula Horn, recently came to Bratislava, the first state visit between the countries since relations soured five years ago.

38.   The officials said the two groups had brought thousands of illegal aliens into the country since last year.

39.   The order continued to prompt an outcry from civil libertarians, who noted that military tribunals have not been used in this country since World War II.

40.   The strike by truck drivers, in protest of new regulations that reduce the weight limit for trucks, blocked transport throughout the country since last Monday.