41.   Three previous meetings at the foreign secretary level have yielded little, with the long-standing dispute over Kashmir hindering progress.

42.   Toxic fumes and smoke were hindering French progress, French police officials said.

43.   Toxic fumes and thick smoke have hindered French progress in reaching the Belgian truck, which was transporting flour and margarine.

44.   Villeneuve said technical problems had hindered his progress but he was expecting the situation to improve.

45.   Yet he won wide approval for his move to force a change in the government that has fiddled in the face of corruption charges and hindered economic progress.

46.   Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy in turn accused the Palestinians of deliberately hindering progress in the talks.

47.   A failure to share the burden of refugees has been repeatedly hightlighted by Lubbers for hindering progress in dealing with the issue.

48.   Budget revenues for this year had been disappointing, he said, which could hinder the progress of some vital infrastructure projects.

49.   The Taiwanese premier said the actions by China to block international events in Taiwan will hinder progress in cross-strait ties.

50.   Swiss diplomat Edouard Brunner, the United Nations special representative for Georgia, said in Geneva Thursday that progress was being hindered by the continuing conflict in Chechnya.