31.   Their government resigned last month, spurring the current political stalemate.

32.   The trip commenced despite the current stalemate in the presidential election.

33.   Trimble said he and Berger traded views of the current stalemate.

34.   David Pleat may have to decide whether to walk out on Luton after the current stalemate with Sheffield Wednesday over his managerial transfer fee remained unresolved here on Tuesday.

35.   Japanese foreign ministry spokesman Hiroshi Hashimoto blamed the media Tuesday for causing the current stalemate in the hostage crisis.

36.   The internally riven Northern League, which sparked the current stalemate by quitting the Berlusconi coalition, also backed a longer-term administration.