51.   Concerned by the dire humanitarian situation of the Palestinian civilian population, in particular reports from the Jenin refugee camp of an unknown number of deaths and destruction,

52.   Daran described a dire medical situation in Lijiang, whose entire population has spent the last two night outdoors for fear of further aftershocks.

53.   Despite their dire situation, the Arabs had rejected calls for them to surrender.

54.   Experts on the Iraqi economy said the move to centralize was a prelude to more repression in the face of increased public complaints about the dire economic situation.

55.   Though she is happy the president resigned, Caiano has little hope that the current dire situation of most Argentines will improve.

56.   Losing the first two games in the best-of-seven Series put the Yankees in a dire situation.

57.   The commentary highlighted the dire situation in the heavy industrialised northeastern province of Liaoning as reflecting the general trend across the country.