61.   The population plummeted when the turmoil severed lucrative trade ties.

62.   The support for ASEAN reflects an effort by Australia and New Zealand to associate themselves with Asia, where they see lucrative trade opportunities.

63.   The United States, China and other countries remain at odds with Canada and the European Union on how to tackle the lucrative trade.

64.   They are eager to resume lucrative trade links with Iraq once sanctions are lifted.

65.   They have all negotiated lucrative trade deals with the Iraqis to take effect as soon as sanctions are lifted.

66.   They have been fighting in recent years for control of a lucrative trade in smuggled cigarettes, resulting in dozens of deaths.

67.   They promise closer political cooperation and lucrative trade links.

68.   Trucks rumble across on lucrative trade runs.

69.   Twenty gunmen shot into a teeming crowd at a downtown market Thursday, wounding at least five people in a battle to control its lucrative trade.

70.   Xinhua may be hoping to grab a slice of this lucrative trade and protect its monopoly over news, the analysts said, speaking on condition of anonymity.