31.   Bosnian Serbs had been demanding an end to NATO airstrikes and to their diplomatic isolation in return for the hostages.

32.   Both Libyan and Nigerian regimes face diplomatic isolation.

33.   But China has reacted furiously all the same, and this only heightens the glee of Taiwanese, who are fed up with the diplomatic isolation imposed by Beijing.

34.   But China usually protests anyway, as part of its drive to keep Taiwan in diplomatic isolation.

35.   But did the situation offer an opening for Iran to break out of its diplomatic isolation?

36.   But the foreign guests were mute testimony to the diplomatic isolation imposed by China.

37.   China regards Taiwan as a renegade province and seeks to keep it in diplomatic isolation.

38.   China accused the United States of helping Lee try to free Taiwan from the diplomatic isolation Beijing has imposed on the island it views as a rebel province.

39.   Cuba has been pushing for closer relations with the Caribbean in particular and with Latin America in general and has gradually eroded its diplomatic isolation during the Cold War.

40.   During his reign, Meciar blocked dissent, reined in the media, presided over rising unemployment and steered the country into diplomatic isolation in central Europe.