41.   Hanoi has announced several ambitious plans in the past to sell off state firms, but the schemes have met with heavy resistance within the bureaucracy.

42.   He said the rebels withdrew after security forces put up heavy resistance.

43.   Hundreds of Sri Lankan soldiers have penetrated rebel defences and closed in on the centre of the besieged Jaffna town amid heavy resistance, the military said Tuesday.

44.   Afghan troops under the guidance of US military advisers also launched a ground offensive, but soldiers on the ground told AFP their progress was blocked by heavy resistance.

45.   An agreement on a complete ban met heavy resistance from major exporting countries China, India and Russia.

46.   Babar said the referendum had succeeded in consolidating a splintered opposition which would mount heavy resistance to Musharraf in general elections scheduled for October.

47.   But after initial successes they ran into heavy resistance from the ex-government forces, and fighting has moved back towards the capital.

48.   Three armoured columns supported by helicopters, jets and artillery were advancing slowly on Grozny amid two days of heavy Chechen resistance.

49.   Three armoured columns supported by helicopters, jets and artillery were advancing slowly on the capital Grozny amid two days of heavy Chechen resistance.

50.   Russian soldiers stormed Grozny on Saturday, blazing their way through heavy Chechen resistance to the centre of the city.