71.   Some Tibetan independence leaders urged the Dalai Lama to ignore the opening from China, saying the Chinese leadership is only trying to extract concessions.

72.   Sharon accused Barak of using negotiations with Likud as a ploy to extract concessions from Shas.

73.   Some believe that the statue-smashing threat was meant to extract concessions from the United Nations and the global community.

74.   South Korea is hoping to extract political concessions from North Korea in exchange for economic help.

75.   Syria is the main powerbroker in Lebanon, and Israel has accused Damascus of using Hezbollah in hopes of extracting concessions from Israel in peace talks.

76.   The Himalayan kingdom depends on the Calcutta port for its imports and its leaders have often accused India of extracting concessions for this permit.

77.   The EU claimed victory in negotiations with Boeing after it extracted concessions from the American company.

78.   The Palestinians have complained that the closure constituted collective punishment and that Israel was using the restrictions to extract Palestinian concessions at the negotiating table.

79.   There were also signs that the North wanted to use Hall as a pawn in a bid to extract further concessions from the Americans.

80.   Unhappily, Pyongyang treated even the tragedy of famine as an opportunity to extract political concessions.