31.   Another miner died in Sverdlovsk, a town in the eastern Luhansk region, following an unspecified breach of work procedures, the ministry said.

32.   Battalions in Uruguay, Brazil, Pakistan and India have been out on indefinite standby until the stalemate is resolved, their defense ministries said recently.

33.   Because of rain and wind, the activities near Pingtan Island involved only a few fighter jets and vessels, the ministry said.

34.   Both exports and imports rose compared to last year, the ministry said.

35.   British authorities will offer the Romanian army long-term training on NATO strategies beginning next month, the defense ministry said Friday.

36.   But dogs, cats and other animals are not free to roam across national boundaries without rabies certificates and other health control documents, the agriculture ministry said Friday.

37.   But environmental groups sharply criticized the decision, saying the ministry had not done enough research to determine possible harm to sea flora and fauna.

38.   But investigators had found no evidence to link him to the case, the ministry said.

39.   But while both exports and imports declined in May, the drop in the latter far outpaced that of the former, the ministry said.

40.   Canadian Prime Minister Lloyd Axworthy arrived in Ukraine Wednesday for a two-day visit to discuss economic cooperation between the two countries, the foreign ministry said.