31.   Shares of both were suspended after lunch, ahead of the press conference.

32.   Several Chinese runners were later suspended after testing positive for drugs.

33.   Six listed units of Kia Group were suspended after tumbling by their daily limits as investors rushed to sell their holdings.

34.   Special military patrols were recently suspended after a U.S. marine fatally shot a teen-aged boy who was herding goats on the Texas border.

35.   South Carolina will be without leading rusher Derek Watson, who has been suspended after a pre-Christmas arrest following an auto accident.

36.   Stefano Garzelli, the winner two years ago, was suspended after testing positive for a banned diuretic.

37.   Stevens was suspended after a telephone hearing with Brian Burke, the executive vice president of the National Hockey League.

38.   Spanich was suspended after having an argument with some academic officials at USC.

39.   Talks on arms and other topics were suspended after the bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade by NATO, but have gradually been reopened.

40.   That aid was immediately suspended after the coup, as was a trade agreement with the European Union that Pakistan desperately needed.