51.   On Monday Netanyahu met with Jewish settler leaders and said he supported the expansion of settlements, but stopped short of making specific promises.

52.   She did not say, however, whether she would support expansion of federal conservation programs that pay producers not to farm environmentally sensitive land out.

53.   The new government of hardline Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lifted restrictions on building and said it would support settlement expansion.

54.   The survey was carried out in the candidate countries simultaneously with the United States and in Moscow, where respondents also supported expansion, but by a slimmer majority.

55.   He said the biggest challenge facing SIA was finding enough staff to support its expansion, a problem suffered by most companies in labor-short Singapore.

56.   The Republican majority in Congress supports NATO expansion, arguing that the new members would provide a buffer against any future revival of Russian expansionism.

57.   Ukraine, unlike Moscow, supports NATO expansion east, and is attempting to preserve a delicate balance between its relations with the west and its mighty Russian neighbour.