31.   Some survivors dismiss it as an insignificant political gesture.

32.   The rebels, who are seeking international support for peace talks with the government, may have released him as a political gesture to strengthen their case.

33.   The timing of the resignation was a political gesture from the Democrat.

34.   Their admissions were good political gestures but really what do they mean?

35.   Chen, from the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party, has refused to say he is Chinese -- a highly symbolic political gesture here.

36.   President Suharto on Tuesday inaugurated a giant statue of Jesus Christ in predominately Catholic East Timor in what critics have dismissed as a futile political gesture.

37.   Some analysts, however, suggest the measure is a political gesture that is unlikely to have a practical impact on cyberporn.