31.   But the reconciliation process stalled after Bush took office last year.

32.   But they stalled soon after when the government delegation walked out, complaining that only a fraction of the expected participants had turned up.

33.   Capital construction projects stalled after a slowdown in funding, curbing the growth rate and delaying completion of some projects.

34.   Economic relations between Russia and Cuba have stalled after the Soviet collapse, but have improved recently.

35.   Garilao gave his assurance that the CARP project would continue even under a new administration to allay fears that its implementation wouldbe stalled after the May election.

36.   However, the warming of ties stalled after U.S. President George W. Bush took office last year.

37.   Inter-Korean exchanges stalled after U.S. President George W. Bush came to office and ordered a temporary suspension of contacts with North Korea pending a policy review.

38.   India will resume formal talks with Pakistan that stalled after tensions heightened between the two hostile neighbors following their nuclear tests, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee said Saturday.

39.   Israel-PLO negotiations on an Israeli troop pullout from West Bank towns stalled after Palestinians carried out a rash of attacks on Israelis.

40.   Israeli-Syrian peace talks stalled after a serious of suicide bombings against Israel by Islamic militants in February and March.