31.   Yeltsin defended the assault by saying that he had exhausted all peaceful means of ending the stand-off.

32.   You have the right to dissent through peaceful means, but no one has the right to dissent through violent means.

33.   Peace and stability in Europe rest on the principles that borders are inviolable and that political change must come about through peaceful means.

34.   A spokesman for Ranariddh told them the problem will be settled by peaceful means.

35.   Al-Douri accused the United States of trying to escalate relations with Iraq rather than solve outstanding problems by peaceful means.

36.   Arafat also stressed in his statement that such an accord would be reached by peaceful means.

37.   But it later renounced the armed struggle and said that it will carry on struggle by peaceful means.

38.   But, he warned, if peaceful means fail, the Palestinians will continue to resist Israeli occupation.

39.   Castro has accused the foundation of plotting to kill him, but the group says it is committed to bringing democracy to Cuba through peaceful means.

40.   China is alone among the five declared nuclear powers in insisting on the right to use nuclear explosions for peaceful means, such as large-scale construction projects.