51.   The question arose again in February when Bush launched his initiative.

52.   THE UK has launched an initiative to increase the amount of European technical assistance to the troubled economies of Asia.

53.   The United Nations is launching an initiative backed by the World Bank and the Haitian government to coordinate efforts to rehabilitate the poverty-stricken Caribbean nation.

54.   He said he would launch an initiative Wednesday to put an end to the hunger strikes but did not give details.

55.   His train trip was well-received and allowed him to launch daily initiatives underscoring his presidential posture.

56.   In Abu Dhabi, he is scheduled to launch an initiative for the creation of a regional forum to resolve conflicts, according to a British source.

57.   Iran and Russia, which support the Islamic opposition and the government respectively, launched an initiative last year to help end the conflict.

58.   A mayor in northeast Portugal has launched an initiative to preserve the doyen of European chestnut trees from the risk of forest fires, the press reported Tuesday.

59.   A statement by US President Bill Clinton on Wednesday said his country hoped to launch an initiative in Cyprus this year.

60.   As regards the civil war in Angola, both Mobutu and Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano had already launched peace initiatives, Mandela added.