31.   Its popularity has grown following a crackdown on hashish in the Bekaa valley in eastern Lebanon and the tearing up of marijuana and poppy fields in southern Egypt.

32.   PDI is the smallest of the three government-recognised political parties but its popularity has rapidly grown in recent years.

33.   The question still remains how far he can or will go in cracking down on the militants whose popularity is growing in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.